Ours are all on open shelves, nothing is stored "in back". The notion
that DVDs are somehow more valuable than our freely accessible books
bothers me a bit. Now, I am not talking about any special collections of
rare or ultra expensive materials. My motto has been "We buy this stuff
for people to use" and I mean it.
That said, store your most valuable items in a place where they can be
monitored and put everything else out. If you care about circulation and
usage statistics, you will be amazed at what folks will borrow and/or
view if they find it by serendipity. Browsing the real thing, instead of
browsing through the online catalog will prove to be more popular and
your community of borrowers will appreciate it.
Christine Crowley
Dean of Learning Resources
Northwest Vista College
3535 N. Ellison Dr.
San Antonio, TX 78251
210.486.4572 voice | 210.486.4504 fax
The Alamo Colleges are on a four-day work week for June and July. We are
closed on Fridays.
PLEASE NOTE: I AM RETIRING AS OF AUG. 19, 2011
NEW LIBRARY CONTACT INFO UPON REQUEST
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Streepy
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 2:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Videolib] Question
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
(509) 963-2861
http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media
"Hand to hand combat just goes with the territory.
All part of being a librarian" -- James Turner "Rex Libris"
Transitus profusum est nocens!
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.
