We notify requestors immediately via email. I also send cumulative lists based on subject to about 20 different mailing lists - every six months or so. We also post new acquisition title lists on our blog almost every week. I don't notify subject selectors typically as they seem to be satisfied focussing on the text-based stuff.
On 2/3/11, Rosen, Rhonda J. <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > For the academic university crowd.... > I'm curious as to how you notify or if you notify faculty who request that > the library purchase a video/dvd. > > 1. Do you notify the selector when the item has come in? > 1a) Do you only notify the selector when it is a rush? > 2. If you have Faculty library liaisons in each department, do you notify > them of new media in their subject area? > 2a) if so, do you ask them to spread the word > 2b) if not, do you notify the department at large by sending > a mass email t to all the profs? > 3. Do you notify librarian subject selectors and ask them to forward on the > notification? > 4. Do you rely solely on an online newsletter or monthly acquisitions list > for books and media in one? > 5. Alternatives? > > Thanks for any responses, > 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<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 > > > > > -- Sent from my mobile device Chris Lewis Media Librarian American University Library 202.885.3257 Please think twice before printing this e-mail. 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.
