Other factors in the acquisition and use of streaming video are the extent of
distance, hybrid, and online instruction, and the number of copies that might
be needed to meet demand.
We have 4 campuses, each with their own library, but a common budget. Some
titles are so heavily used that even with a booking/reservation system we have
had to purchase multiple copies, sometimes multiple copies for each library.
Streaming videos resolve that need. ASU is aggressively developing online
courses ("the 5th campus") for which streaming media is essential.
We have (at present) no capability to host content, so the subscription
services are a real boon to us. We have the FMG Films on Demand collection
(after a year of a patron-driven acquisition model), shared with the Univ of AZ
and Northern AZ Univ. Use of that collection is very high with per use cost
being very very low. We also most of the Alexander Street Press Critical
Video editions, which we were able to acquire in perpetuity with end-of-year
funds. Sorry I don't have use data on those collections right now.
These large collections add value by providing features that would be
cumbersome and/or expensive to implement on a title-by-title basis. The ASP
titles all have transcripts that display adjacent to the video display and
beautifully track with the audio. This is an important feature for making the
content ADA accessible. FMG titles also have closed captioning, and all FMG
titles are subdivided into individual segments (chapters) each with a separate
short summary and persistent link to the segment. This makes them
exceptionally easy to plug into a syllabus or Blackboard shell.
Another point about large collections, is the "long tail". This is a concept
usually discussed in the context of journal packages. It refers to titles that
receive very little use, but appear in a large collection. Individually these
titles may not have been selected for the library's collection. But users
found them, and used them.
For all these materials the discovery tool that the library/vendor provides is
critical. Ideally, I would like MARC records in the catalog for all the titles
in these collections. But we are not going to catalog content we do not own,
and vendors are moving slowly towards providing those records. BUT it is
improving. We have pseudo (simplified) MARC records for most of the FMG
content, and I've heard that FMG now has full MARC records. Alexander Street
Press is moving towards MARC records, but they are also working with SUMMON,
the integrated discovery tool, that we use.
As content becomes discoverable, and easier to find, users will go to it. ("If
you build it, they will come")
By the way, we also have content through Ambrose Digital, but those are
individual purchases.
Hope this info helps.
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Arizona State University
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We have the Theatre and Dance collections purchased and they are used quite a
bit. We lease American History in Video and it's also very popular. It's a bit
dependent on, I would guess, the depth of your hard copy collection.
Christine Crowley
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