We were able to donate many VHS tapes to our local Goodwill stores. You might give them and similar resell stores a call to see what subjects they accept.
Laura On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Duffy, Brooke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > > > I recently stepped in as media librarian at Fairfield University and one > of the big items at the top of the to-do list is to weed and discard the > VHS collection. I have been researching options for recycling VHS and have > not come up with too much. These are the two places I’ve located which > recycle VHS: > > > > GreenDisk <http://www.greendisk.com/> (recycling service, we’d have to > pay for the service AND the shipping) > > > > ACT (Alternative Community Training) > Services<http://www.actservices.org/donations/how-to-donate>(accepts > donations of VHS, but still costly because we’d have to ship it > all to Missouri) > > > > Does anyone know of other options? I did check the Videolib archives, but > the most recent posts I could find were from 2009. I also welcome any > general advice on recycling or discarding hundreds of VHS! > > > > Thanks and Happy New Year, > > > > Brooke Duffy > > Interim Reference & Media Librarian > > > > DiMenna-Nyselius Library > > Fairfield University > > 1073 North Benson Road > > Fairfield, CT 06824 > > > > [email protected] > > (203)254-4000 x4206 > > > > 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. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Laura Baker Librarian -- Digital Research and Learning Abilene Christian University Library 221 Brown Library / ACU Box 29208 Abilene, TX 79699-9208 [email protected] phone: (325) 674-2477 fax: (325) 674-2202 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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.
