Me too - I'm the primary selector for media across disciplines -and we have a separate media budget for that purpose. While each librarian is a subject liaison, (I am for Jewish Studies and American History) they focus mostly on books. I rely on faculty the more busy I get, which is sad. But, I also have responsibility for the Media, Reserves, Circulation and Document Delivery, so .... Rhonda
Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 [email protected]| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." --Monty Python -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Metz, Winifred F Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 1:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Video Selection Hi Ben- I'm the primary selector for film and digital media across disciplines. Like Gary, I have a dedicated budget for film. I am also the subject specialist for Film & Cinema studies and serve as the primary selector of the print materials in this area. Winifred On Sep 22, 2010, at 4:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. Winifred Fordham Metz Media Librarian House Undergraduate Library CB#3942 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill phone: 919-962-4099 fax: 919-962-2697 [email protected] 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.
