If you go the route of estimating cost based on a sampling, don't forget to include in your cost estimates the cost of new catalog records and processing for every replaced title.
I think $25 per title is a very low-ball estimate. Cataloging and processing often cost more than mass-market DVDs -- deg farrelly, Full Librarian Mail Code 1006 Arizona State University P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, AZ 85287 Phone: 480.965.1403 Email: [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.
