I really like this philosophy. As a user of journals, it makes sense to me.
Also thanks for highlights of the advantages of the streamed video. Judy -----Original Message----- 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. -deg -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Arizona State University PO Box 37100 Phoenix, Arizona 85069-7100 Phone: 602.543.8522 Email: deg.farre...@asu.edu From: "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> Reply-To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:25:05 -0700 To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 34, Issue 99 Subject: Re: [Videolib] Streaming Video To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Message-ID: <dbce06919cb10d438b9adeb7486c3d4101af1...@accdmail2.ad.root> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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 VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.