We moved all of our media out from the behind the Circulation Desk when we renovated 10 years ago. We have used Demco's SecureCase(tm) System on the DVDs. For Music CDs we use the 3M Tattletape CD overlays. For VHS, we did nothing...since we expected demand would be diminishing for VHS. We show a dozen DVDs & another dozen VHS tapes as missing over the last several years, however no DVDs have gone missing the last two annual inventories. We've had no missing Music CDs. We've incorporated the spoken word audio CDs and other CD-ROM software into our collection...and am not aware of any of these that have gone missing. Cheers, Rick J. Richard Sayre Library Director Hewes Library Monmouth College Monmouth, IL 61462 309-457-2192 URL: http://library.monmouthcollege.edu<http://library.monmouthcollege.edu/>
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gail Gawlik Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 10:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] For those of you who have open stacks (apologies for cross posting) We have open stacks for both sound and video recordings, but only put the cases on those shelves. The actual discs are kept behind the Circ Desk. So we do not use security labels for these formats at all. There is no reason to steal just a case, so we haven't had a theft problem. Gail Gawlik Head of Technical Services Brown Library University of St. Francis Joliet, IL >>> "Ravas, Tammy" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> >>> 10/13/2011 1:07 PM >>> Greetings, I'm curious to know how many media collections/libraries have open stacks for their sound and video recordings. If you have them, how do you go about securing the actual discs? Do any of you actually have open recordings stacks and do not target the discs? If so, what has the theft rate been? Please feel to respond to me off list. I can summarize for the list if others would like me to do so. Many thanks in advance for your replies. Best, -- Tammy Ravas Visual and Performing Arts Librarian and Media Coordinator Assistant Professor Mansfield Library University of Montana Ph: 406-243-4402 E-mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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.
