Sarah, We've been providing streaming videos for close to ten years now and still the usage doesn't exceed that of our DVD collection but then again there are very few feature films available so it's not apples to apples. That said if it's content that you also have on DVD I probably wouldn't cancel but would contact the vendor and renegotiate before renewing. If you have usage numbers in hand you can decide what it's worth to you and make an offer. I've found most vendors to be willing negotiators on streaming pricing.
Chris Lewis On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Sarah E. McCleskey < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > One of my streaming subscriptions is getting very low usage. I mean, VERY > low. I have records for the titles in our online catalog with links to the > streaming site, and also have put stickers on the corresponding DVDs to let > people know that these are available in streaming. Am I doing something > wrong? Is there anything else standard I should be doing to make these > accessible to our patrons? Is it time for me to consider dropping this > subscription? It's not particularly expensive but I would really like to > see more use. > > I initially subscribed to these titles based on reports I generated in our > system of high-use DVD titles. > > Thanks, > > Sarah > > Sarah E. McCleskey > Head of Access Services > Acting Director, Film and Media Library > 112 Axinn Library, 123 Hofstra University > Hempstead, NY 11549 > [email protected] > 516-463-5076 (phone) > 516-463-4309 (fax) > > > > > 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.
