We just completed a review of the VHS holdings at ASU's west campus library. We withdrew about 125 VHS titles for which we also had the title in DVD format. Almost all were feature films.
We also pulled from the video stacks any VHS title that had not been borrowed in 5 years. These titles were not withdrawn, but moved to a closed stack area of the building. They remain in the online catalog, and are available on request. We are working on a review of the titles we have in VHS that are available in the FMG Films on Demand collection. We plan to move VHS titles that are duplicated by the streaming collection to the same closed-stack location. These will also remain in the catalog. -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: [email protected] From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 14:15:09 -0700 To: <[email protected]> Subject: videolib Digest, Vol 39, Issue 26 Message: 2 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 12:08:36 -0600 From: Andy Damico <[email protected]> Subject: [Videolib] VHS Collections To: [email protected] Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Good morning, I'm brand new to the list. I've posted this to the PADG and Archives list as well, but I wanted to get your thoughts on how your institution may be handling VHS tapes. We used to have a policy in place where we would play these tapes to prevent packing, but this hasn't been done in years. Is anyone still doing this? Are you converting VHS tapes to DVD or are you converting them for streaming? Are you replacing these where appropriate (within the constraints of copyright law? How often do you weed, if at all, and how do you "persuade" selectors to work with these collections and make decisions? Are there any other strategies you're using for evaluating existing collections? Also, how are you following or dealing with copyright issues relating to this subject. I appreciate any help. Thanks. --Andy 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.
