Hi Lauren, We moved to open shelves several years ago. It has been great. DVDs are in locked cases. Take your pick from the library supplier catalogs.
Shelving is adjacent to the Media service window, so we can still provide assistance. Main circ desk also has the key mechanism so that DVDs can be checked out from there during hours Media isn't staffed. Circ period is 7 days. We use LC call numbers (had been done many years earlier, so made the move easier.) Feature film call numbers were tweaked using the literature schedule. Organized by country of origin of the director. American films still have very similar call numbers, but it mostly separated out films by language. Reserved items are still kept behind the counter. Titles booked for screenings are labeled, but stay on the regular shelves until a week before the screening. Feel free to ask more questions, Barb Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Corbett, Lauren E. Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:34 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Cc: Lock, Mary B.; Reeves, Mary W. Subject: [Videolib] practical processes with open shelving for DVDs? Hello Video Librarians! I just joined this list to post on a couple of topics I'm working on here at Wake Forest. First question is, do any of you operate with open shelving of your DVDs? We already have thought through pros and cons of having the open shelving, so we're looking for practical help rather than opinions for/against open shelving. We're planning to move our DVD collection from closed shelving behind the Circulation Desk to open shelves in a controlled room and we're looking for examples to follow. We'd like some information to help us decide about how to organize in presenting the collection - right now we just have accession numbers, but we think some type of categorization would be more useful to patrons. And of course that leads to a question of re-classing from accession numbering. You get the idea. Any feedback on practical arrangements from those operating with open shelves? Thanks, Lauren [cid:086385114@22072009-1A03] Lauren Corbett Director of Resource Services, Z. Smith Reynolds Library Ph: 336-758-6136
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