Hello all, Sadly this is the summer of my discontent and I have to essentially shut my department down in the name of streamlining services and fiscal whatevers. All I know is my department is on the chopping block and I have to help move the collection to the circulation department. The head of circ is brainstorming and on of the things she brought up is making the collection browsable. We lack the funding to make the collection secure, so the thought is to go the empty case on the shelf and DVD kept behind a counter. So I am asking those libraries that have this kind of model, how are you storing your DVDs? Do you have them in sleeves, and if so how are they stored? Any help you can provide would be nice. thanks jhs John H. Streepy Media Services Supervisor Library-Media Circulation James E. Brooks Library Central Washington University 400 East University Way Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
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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.
