Hi Ben...you ARE a curious guy At UCB I'm the primary selector for video across disciplines. I have my own budget, which serves all disciplines.
Occasionally, other subject selectors will request a title (generally something requested of them by their faculty)...often they pay and we house it in MRC (our Environmental Design/Architecture; Anthropology; and SSE Asia bibliographers are the most vigorous in this respect). gary > Dear Colleagues, > > > > At your institutions, is DVD and Video selection the responsibility of > subject specialists, or primarily the responsibility of a media > specialist? Or is the responsibility shared? > > > > Thank you very much for your feedback. > > > > Benjamin Turner > > Assistant Professor, Instructional Services > > St. John's University Libraries > > [email protected] > > 718.990.5562 > > > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
