That’s way too broad of a statement, Matt. We do, indeed, have VCRs here, as well as an RTI machine to continue to service our VHS tapes. We even (gasp!) still have VCRs in several classrooms. A faculty or staff member needing to reserve a room for a screening can even do a search of our campus scheduler *based upon availability of that piece of equipment.* YES, I had to advocate with our IT department to keep these, and I’m sure the time will come when very few people are available to service the units, but to me it’s being a really lousy steward of our collection to just toss ‘em out because they’re not the format du jour. For what it’s worth, we still have a typewriter here in the library, too. ☺ Susan Susan Albrecht Library Media Acquisitions Manager Graduate Fellowship Advisor Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films<http://www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films> http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/
******************************************************************* "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." --Neil Peart ******************************************************************* From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt Ball Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 3:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] Copyright searches for videotape Libraries don't have VCRs anymore. A video that no one can watch might as well not exist. I would rather have a crappy VHS-to-DVD copy than nothing at all. And I'm willing to pay for it. Also, it's just a matter of time before VHS is an official obsolete format and then, as my mom would say, "Katy, bar the door!" It might be to filmakers' advantage to get out in front of that eventuality. Matt
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