Don't get me started... The UCB Media Center started out as part of the Moffitt Undergraduate Library, and so, in the early years, reported to the Head of that library.
In 1993, the undergrad library was reorganized, folded, stapled, and mutilated. Most professional staff were disbursed into the Main Library staff pool...except: a handful of librarians remained behind to form what was called the Teaching Library--i.e. the bibliographic instruction unit for the humanities and social sciences. The Media Center stayed put physically, and reported to the head of that program (now called Instructional Services) We still report to the head of that program...for historical reasons, more than anything. Makes no real sense in my book, but then again, less and less makes sense to me around here. As a grotesque side: we've recently gone through a paroxysm of what campus has ironically called an "Operational Excellence" planning-- i.e. grasping at straws thru layoff and reorg. As part of this madness, many org charts have been redrawn, including the reporting lines of MRC: I still report directly to the head of Instructional Services, BUT (be still, my blood pressure) so does Gisele and all the student employees in MRC...this, in reality, means absolutely nothing, except to make the library look like it did its duty by flattening the administrative org chart. More than you ever wanted to know, eh? > Greetings, > I see by the Videolib Archives that this question hasn't been asked in a > while, and so I'll pose it to the group this morning. To those of you in > media centers in academic libraries, to whom do you report? Public > Services? Library Director? Collections? > > Thanks! > Lori Widzinski > Head, Multimedia Collections and Services > University at Buffalo Libraries > State University of New York > > 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.
