Curious. We just got a similar request last week that I’m still trying to figure out what to do with. Our professor is teaching the identical course at our home campus in New Orleans and extension campus in Biloxi, using the same syllabus and same required viewing schedule. He wants to have four films available for the full semester at both campuses. At our home campus it’s easy enough to put the films on media reserve but for the remote campus that’s getting into new territory.
I have similar concerns as you, Maureen, but they get trumped in my mind at least by our library mission to fulfill the learning, teaching, and research needs of Tulane students and faculty. It’s a bit of a quandary. We do have a system in place allowing patrons at remote campuses to request library materials (we check materials out to their patron account at our main library site and then ship them off to the appropriate office where the patron picks up and returns the materials)... but that’s for a regular loan period (for DVDs I give them 4 weeks to accommodate the delivery time). The part I’m struggling with is three-fold and I’d love advice from the group on if you have any: 1. If we send materials to remote campuses (which have staffed desks and viewing spaces but no ILS to circulate material from) to be put on reserve for the semester, how do we maintain the chain of custody? 2. How do we fund this, particularly if it is for the identical class? We would have to purchase second copies to fulfill viewing needs on both campuses. These are both feature films so they can be purchase fairly inexpensively (but rules out streaming options) but if this comes up with ppr-licensed materials and if this becomes a service more faculty are looking for? 3. How do we manage faculty expectations at remote campuses? I’m increasingly wondering if there’s a possibility of setting up some sort of reciprocal services type of agreement with other colleges close to our remote campuses..... -lisa Music & Media Librarian Howard-Tilton Memorial Library Tulane University 504.314.7822 www.facebook.com/TulaneMusicAndMediaCenter<http://www.facebook.com/TulaneMusicAndMediaCenter> http://musicmediacentertulane.tumblr.com/ http://bamboulanola.tumblr.com/ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Lewis Sent: Friday, September 05, 2014 8:21 AM To: Videolib Subject: Re: [Videolib] do any academic libraries out there share your media collections with faculty teaching at external program locations? We've done it in a few cases but not for ten videos, maybe three or four, though we bought duplicates for anything that got regular use. If it were to come up that ten titles were needed and they were all feature films available on Amazon, I would buy the batch. On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 9:01 AM, Maureen Tripp <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi Everyone, A faculty member wants to borrow 10 DVD and VHS titles for the fall semester, for use at our L.A. campus. We've never had a request like this before, as the program is relatively new. I don't like the idea of 1. tying up stuff for an entire semester (usual length of loans to our faculty is 2 weeks) 2. shipping this stuff across the country Some of these titles could be leased from Swank, but if we set that precedent, it could run into big bucks! What do you all do/think? thanks, Maureen 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. -- Chris Lewis American University Library 202.885.3257
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.
