Hi, If the VHS tapes are in good condition, you may be able to offer them for use to local nursing or retirement homes and assisted living communities in your area, especially ones that are funded by the state or county. Many residents at our local facilities have still have VHS players.
Best, Paula Manzella Burlington County Library On Thursday, January 2nd 2014, Duffy, Brooke 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 [1] (recycling service, we'd have to pay for the service > AND > the shipping) > > ACT (Alternative Community Training) Services [2] (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 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.
