We did this a couple of years ago and it's been wildly popular and successful. It was made easier by the fact that a few years before that, we actually put real call numbers on all of our titles, rather than having them in number order, as you appear to do. I would highly recommend cataloging all titles with real call numbers, LC or Dewey, whichever your library uses, as that will be very useful for the browsing aspect of your open collection. We security strip each DVD itself (not sure of the brand but they're small and go around the hole in the middle) and this has worked well. Yes, we've lost a few titles along the way or they've been scratched/broken but we feel the increase in availability and circulation of these titles more than makes up for it.
Deb Distante Mt. San Antonio College Library 1100 N. Grand Ave. Walnut, CA 91789 909-274-4285 [email protected] From: "Fleischer, Richard M." <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: 09/24/2013 12:34 PM Subject: [Videolib] moving to open stacks Sent by: [email protected] Hi videlib The Tisch library is in the early planning stages of moving the library DVD collection from a closed to open stacks. We want to keep the collection together in one place. The current filing system is by call number dv1 is the first film in the collection dv13912 is the last film in the collection. I was wondering how other libraries arranged the films in open stacks. Also do you use any security system with the open stacks? Thanks in advance for any help Richard Fleischer Media Center Manager Tisch Library Tufts University 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.
