Pamela, I'm with you. I am finishing up a laserdisc & CED conversion project, and am in the middle of a VHS conversion project. I'm hoping to hold off on blu-ray as long as I can, and am hoping we can skip right over the format to streaming.
That said, if there's a film we want, we'll buy it. In whatever format it comes in. Right now, I'm still buying the occasional VHS tape as needed, and I'm sure we have a handful of blu-rays in the collection as well. As far as equipment, we bought a few PS3s for our gaming collection and put them in our media viewing area in case we need to support blu-ray viewing in-house. On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Jana Atkins <[email protected]> wrote: > I’m late to this discussion, of course, but I have not been buying Bluray > discs, nor do I plan to start buying them. I’m also more interested in > waiting until I can move into the streaming arena. However, my school does > not have a film studies program. The interest in the titles I purchase are > almost solely plot/story-based. Picture and sound quality for DVDs is > usually good enough. I’d say the only exception I’d make where I’d say that > sound quality is important would be opera and other stage productions. But > my experience there is that picture and sound quality often aren’t much of a > consideration during production, so moving to a better format isn’t really > going to help. Better to provide a more accessible format. > > And for the record, I completely agree with Gary’s assessment that Blueray > = Betamax. And also with Dennis’ that DVD = VHS. And I honestly believe > the next step to that argument is streaming = DVD. > > > > Jana Atkins, B.M., M.L.S. > > Performing Arts/Multimedia Librarian > > University of Central Oklahoma > > Max Chambers Library > > 100 N. University > > Edmond, OK 73034 > > 405-974-2949 > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Pamela Bristah > *Sent:* Friday, September 24, 2010 10:19 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Blu-Ray in libraries > > > > A perennial question, but a good one to revisit to from time to time: > > > > Are you purchasing Blu-Ray titles for your library, or are you holding off? > (I'm especially interested in hearing from college and university > libraries, since we're in the same boat.) > > > > If you're purchasing, what criteria do you use? Do you re-purchase titles > you have on DVD, or only new titles? > > > > Having just about completed switching the collection from VHS to DVD, the > thought of moving next to Blu-Ray makes me want to lie down and go to sleep, > for about 45 years. And, the cost would be prohibitive. > > > > Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing if libraries could go straight from DVD to > streaming video, at Blu-Ray image quality? For feature films, not just > educational and documentary titles? Oh well, a girl can dream. > > ______________ > > Pamela Bristah, Collections Librarian, Wellesley College, 106 Central > Street, Wellesley MA 02481 > > phone 781-283-2076, fax 781-283-2869, [email protected] > > > > ***Bronze+Blue=Green*** The University of Central Oklahoma is Bronze, > Blue, and Green! Please print this e-mail only if absolutely necessary! > > ***CONFIDENTIALITY*** -This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain > confidential, proprietary and privileged information. Any unauthorized > disclosure or use of this information is prohibited. > > 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. > > -- Rudy Leon Learning Commons Librarian Undergraduate Library University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (217) 333-3503 http://www.deepening.wordpress.com AIM: rudibrarian
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.
