At Gogebic, our AV materials budget was zeroed out two years ago. When we had a budget, I made the selections in conjunction with the faculty member and the division chair.
Walter Lessun, MSLS, MBA Director Alex D. Chisholm Library Gogebic Community College High Tech and Affordable: Your Superior Educational Choice http://www.gogebic.edu/library Ex ultione gaudium From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeanne Little Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Selection: Subject Selector or MediaSpecialist? At our library we have librarians who are also subject bibliographers, and they are responsible for selecting materials in their subject areas. They also serve as liaisons to the departments on campus and work with the faculty to acquire items needed for their research and for their students use in their studies. Jeanne Little Rod Library University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA On 9/22/2010 2:58 PM, Benjamin Turner wrote: 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.
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.
