Hi all This conversation fascinates me, I gotta say. Here are some of the things that have strongly militated against a highly liberalized circulation policy here in Berkeleyville
1. Primary mission of the collection is to serve teaching and research needs of the Berkeley campus; secondary mission, to preserve collections for the long-haul and to ensure availability of scholarly materials for future generations of teachers and learners. 2. Most titles owned as single copies, particularly independently produced and distributed documentaries. 3. Difficulty in predicting the needs of individual curricula--despite long-standing attempts to get faculty to reserve in advance. And sometimes, if your teaching, you just don't know in advance... 4. Increasing number of titles that have gone out of distribution and are difficult if not impossible to purchase if damaged or lost. 5. High cost of re-acquiring and reprocessing items purchased as replacements. 6. Lack of sufficient staff or staff funding to handle the increased circulation and circulation functions (such as recalls, billing, etc.) 7. Seriously dwindling staff and materials budgets (and lack of an answer as to why, in dire times, we'd be expanding our services rather than consolidating and limiting them). gary handman > Chris, > > We check out to faculty, staff, students, alumni, general public, the > entire state of Wyoming. Our circumstances may be much different since we > are the only 4 year institution in the state and a very rural state. We > also ILL our collection to Colorado and the entire nation through > Prospector and WorldCat. Our losses are minimal and people are grateful > for the service we provide. We borrow heavily from other libraries as > well. The borrower is responsible for the loss or damage to any of our > media as our patrons are responsible for anything they borrow. We do have > some titles that cannot be loaned due to distributor restrictions and we > adhere to that. Media lending policy is the same as books except the loan > period is shorter. > > Pamela Reeves > [email protected] > University of Wyoming > Libraries-Media > Dept 3334 > 1000 E. University Ave. > Laramie, WY 82071 > 307-766-3184 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Steven Matthew > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 2:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Question for academic librarians that permit > students to borrow certain videos for home viewing - Do you provide alumni > the same privilege? > > Chris, > > We have very few restrictions on what media students can borrow and we > extend that privilege to alumni as well. Alumni use seems to ebb and flow > and does not put an undue burden on our resources. > > I try to keep our media policy as close to our policy for lending books as > is possible. > > Steven > > Steven C. Matthew > Head of Access Services > S.E. Wimberly Library > Florida Atlantic University > [email protected] > 561-297-4027 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis > Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 3:33 PM > To: Videolib > Subject: [Videolib] Question for academic librarians that permit students > to borrow certain videos for home viewing - Do you provide alumni the same > privilege? > > Half of our collection is for student home use but we don't extend that to > alumni for various reasons - mostly financial and that it falls outside of > our mission. Yet we loan books to them so I'm softening. Any useful > feedback? > > -- > Chris Lewis > Media Librarian > American University Library > 202.885.3257 > > For latest Media Services News visit our blog at > http://aulibmedia.blogspot.com > > or on Facebook > http://www.facebook.com/pages/American-University-Library-Media-Services/132559226823103 > > even Twitter > http://twitter.com/aulibmedia > > Please think twice before printing this e-mail. > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
