Hi Rhonda,
We do have our students scan most material (standard DVDs and Blurays,
skipping through chapters, just to make sure there are no obvious
problems with operability). There aren't many problems, but this
doesn't take much time.
We have any DVD-Rs or very expensive films watched from start to
finish. We do turn up problems in some DVD-Rs, especially from a few
key vendors, so we feel this is very important even though it takes some
time. We don't want a problem discovered after the film has been added
to the collection and is being used in a class.
Best,
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Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo
On 7/2/2012 7:31 PM, Rosen, Rhonda J. wrote:
Do you guys quality check every dvd that comes into your collection?
We are finding that this is becoming a burden...we used to use
students to check, but with less and less work study
Hours being available, we are needing students at the counter and not
watching videos...
Is it worth it?
Rhonda
Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services
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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.
