I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of Sheri Rosenzweig. Please direct responses to her at:
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Thanks in advance. Cheers, /Elizabeth _____________________________________________ Elizabeth Schaub | Director, Visual Resources Collection School of Architecture The University of Texas at Austin 310 Inner Campus Drive, B7500 Austin, Texas 78712-1009 512.471.5003 (vox) | 512.471.0716 (fax) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://soa.utexas.edu/vrc _____________________________________________ Begin forwarded message: From: Sheri Rosenzweig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [ARLIS-L] keeping dvds alive and well Date: January 23, 2014 1:03:36 PM CST To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: Sheri Rosenzweig <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Hi All: I was wondering what some of you have done when you have a documentary film in your collection that becomes damaged due to scratches or unidentified gunk or what preventative measures you’ve chosen. Recently one of our dvds stopped while in use by a faculty member during a class. Any suggestions/input to any of the following questions will be appreciated: Do you have a machine in the library for resurfacing? I would love to hear suggestions for equipment. Do you use anything else in-house that works well with regard to scratches? Or do you send it out? If you do send it out would you mind mentioning a vendor who you’ve had a good relationship with. Do you burn a copy of the dvd as backup when you first receive it to prevent it from being unavailable if the dvd does stop working. Do you review a dvd that you receive in order to determine whether it is free from scratches, defects, etc. by playing it as well as by reviewing the disc itself? Do you ask whoever is staffing the circulation desk to check for scratches when a dvd is returned? And, if so, when do you determine as to whether there has been permanent damage (this probably is not done at the point of return)? Again, any input would be very helpful. Thanks, Sheri Sheri Rosenzweig Reference and Visual Resources Librarian Boston Architectural College Visual Resources Library, Rm 511 320 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02115 617.585.0257 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://the-bac.edu/students/library ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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