Christine, Indeed, our DVDs are in open stacks now (we moved them out a few years ago) which our patrons LOVE. Now they're requesting that we put them "in some kind of order." It's true that our patrons can find videos in our catalog by genre, language, etc. so this hasn't really been a burning issue with me, and I do like to avoid the perception of the library video collection being like a video store, but this request is so persistent, and from faculty as well as students, that I decided to start thinking about it a little bit.
Cheers, Matt ________________________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 mattb...@virginia.edu<https://mail.eservices.virginia.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=62fe60f092584617be4c37bdfc2dcf42&URL=mailto%3amattball%40virginia.edu> | 434-924-3812 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of CROWLEY, CHRISTINE Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:20 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers Maybe I am missing something --I can see accession numbers for closed stacks where the DVDs are retrieved after a patron finds them in the catalog. However, what about browsers who want to look through foreign films, musicals, etc. Accession number order would be a nightmare for serendipity, no? Christine Crowley Dean of Learning Resources Adjunct Faculty--Theatre Northwest Vista College 3535 N. Ellison Dr. San Antonio, TX 78251 210.486.4572 office 210.486.4504 fax ccrowl...@alamo.edu<mailto:ccrowl...@alamo.edu> Northwest Vista College is one of the Alamo Colleges www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrc<http://www.alamo.edu/nvc/lrc> ________________________________ From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of Rick Faaberg Sent: Sun 5/22/2011 9:51 PM To: Videolib List Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question about LC call numbers On 5/22/11 7:02 PM, "Randal Baier" <rba...@emich.edu> sent this: In my opinion, humbled by such an august group, this is a compulsion up with which I will not put. Given the catalogs we use, if there are decent subject headings and full information, and format filters, I don't really think it's necessary to LCify media. Incremental accession numbers work for us. I concur. I did the LC thing with our K-12 collection way back when - and the library users (teachers) did not like it at all. (The school librarians did like it, but that's another story :) One year later, back to the subject headings and accession numbers. Best Rick Faaberg
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