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We have "restricted lending" videos interfiled with the regular media
collection, which is open shelved. The definition of this is, in-library only for students, but lendable for faculty and staff. The cost of an item, or its use for instruction will be the reasons for earning this status. I've noticed that items that have earned this status seem to never have that status removed, so this is a flaw in our system, in that we should do a report of items with that status so that we can modify it if an item's price comes down, or it is no longer used in instruction. As for rare or out of print - that isn't something we are concerned with very often, as we are not an archival library. The cost at the time of purchase is more our determinant, since we don't retrospectively search our collection to see if replacements can be obtained. Of course the VHS to DVD conversion project hasn't really begun, other than when an item is missing or damaged, or we note that there is a sale on. If we find a VHS that has no DVD available, and we wanted to replace it, we may change the status of the VHS to "restricted lending" or, in Canadian law, if there is no vendor of the item, we are permitted to change format, and the terms of the original item transfers to the new item. Susan Ball, James (jmb4aw) wrote:
-- Susan Weber, Librarian Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 2Z6 Tel. 604-323-5533 email: [email protected] |
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