Jessica: I don't think it has anything to do with like or dislike. It has more to do with availability and budget, and of course, as others have said, who makes the decisions. We have no Blu-ray players in either institution (community college and university) unless someone has requested them for a specific purpose. The library has no Blu-ray DVDs and we don't order videos that don't also have DVD capability. Although I think we are a long way off from eschewing DVD format, and we still have way too many VHS tapes, I also don't think Blu-ray will be the replacement.
Jennifer Foster Media Librarian Victoria College/University of Houston-Victoria Library 361.570.4195 http://vcuhvlibrary.uhv.edu Message: 4 Date: Tue, 22 Oct 2013 13:06:22 -0400 From: Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> Subject: [Videolib] Blu ray questions To: [email protected] Message-ID: <CACRe6m_4=sJ8kLj=apse-kxkln773fsr-sqg9_e_f3pbbkw...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I know most of you do not like blu-ray but I would like to know how much a problem it is. I am working on a kind of epic project I have been making cryptic references to and for complicated reasons much of it is Blu ray only. In terms of research I would assume most students and most libraries have reasonable access to playing on Blu ray either using a player or a laptop. I guess the bigger issue is classroom use, is it really that difficult to get Blu ray player for a classroom ( to make this even more complicated the part of this collection most likely to be used in class will be available on DVD). Feedback appreciated but it is not possible to change formats on this material though it will be available for streaming for those schools who can do their own. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected] 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.
