Here at USC at the beginning of each new academic year I
make it a practice to offer certain incitements (bribes?) to
make sure that my colleagues handling library orientation
sessions always put in a nice plug about our most fabulous
video collection.;-)
Cheers!
Anthony
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Anthony E. Anderson
Assistant Director, Doheny Memorial Library
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0182
(213) [email protected]
"Wind, regen, zon, of kou,
Albert Cuyp ik hou van jou."
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On 4/12/2013 1:01 PM, Dennis Doros wrote:
Oh, now deg, you're twisting what I write into the truth. How dare
you! ;-)
Dennis
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Deg Farrelly <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I suspect that the lack of focus on media services in campus tours
is as
much an issue of the * library's * focus on what matters.
It is well known that historically libraries have treated media as 2nd
class citizens (the red-haired stepchild as I call it).
Collections get
short shrift in budget, in cataloging, in building placement, as
resources
for research, in access (closed-stacks, anyone?)
Libraries often have a say in how they are covered in tours, and
provide
talking points. If the media collection is not covered on the tour or
interview process, it often is because the library has not
highlighted it.
Same with Dennis' comment about university presidents and funding.
The
funding is there, but libraries don't put it towards media
needsS(. Again
because that $5000 towards media titles in one time purchase is not as
important as that $5000 a year science journal.
-deg
deg farrelly, Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Hayden Library C1H1
P.O. Box 871006
Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006
Phone: 602.332.3103 <tel:602.332.3103>
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