Laura It isn't really a question of one vs. the other, but one AND the other.
We subscribe to Films on Demand, and it has resulted in a decrease in the need to purchase FMG titles. But we still need to purchase quality titles from many other distributors to meet the curricular needs of ASU. Granted, as the largest land-grant university in the US our needs will be different from yoursŠ But we have found the FoD collection to be an incredible value, and enables us to meet many information needs for media titles, freeing our collection development to focus on other areas/titles not in the FoD collection. And since we're talking streamingŠ. Don't forget to take (or complete) the Survey on Academic Library Streaming Video: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/asv -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? >Our library is considering subscribing to some kind of streaming video >database. For of those of you who already do this, did subscribing to >such >a database cut down on the number of physical CDs/DVDs you have to >purchase >for your faculty? > >Secondly, does anyone have a policy that describes what AV content the >library will use its money to provide (through a subscribed streaming >package) and what the faculty will need to use their own department's >funds >to supply? > >Laura Baker > >-- >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >Laura Baker >Librarian -- Digital Research and Learning 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.
