Gail has summarized USF's basic processes/timeline as well. Pretty much all media orders are funneled through me, coming from teaching faculty and graduate students, librarians, the occasional undergrad, and then additional titles selected by me. From August to March is our best time to receive notifications. I then refer to potential faculty users, or select myself if I can justify.
My "hard-copy" media budget has been a bit reduced this year to provide funding for online media. But at least we are still funded. Rue Rue McKenzie Coordinator of Media Collections Academic Resources University of South Florida Library 4202 Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, FL 33620 813-974-6342 / rmcken...@usf.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Gail Fedak Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 2:30 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] best time of year to contact Scott, The best time for us is between mid-August and the end of January. Most of our purchasing decisions are finished by early to mid-May. After that we are out of money until July 1. Most of our faculty are not on campus during the summer, so notifying us of new titles between July and early August means we have to put the notifications on hold until faculty return. On our campus, media purchases are driven mostly by faculty request. We do purchase some things along with way without specific faculty request, however, our budget is not sufficiently large to accommodate many just-in-case purchases. Hope this helps, Gail On 8/12/2011 12:42 PM, scott petersen wrote: Hi Folks, What is the best time of year to email librarians about new titles? Do orders for individual titles originate from librarians or the professors? Best, Scott Petersen http://www.MataOrtizMovie<http://www.mataortizmovie/> 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. -- Gail B. Fedak Director, Media Resources Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, TN 37132 Phone: 615-898-2899 Fax: 615-898-2530 Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu<mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu> Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr<http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr> "Education is a progressive study of your own ignorance." - Will Durant
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.
