Short answer: yes. All of the above/below.
It depends on what is being acquired and how. For example, Films on Demand is a subscription, for the entire academic collection, and thus is treated as a serial. SOME libraries purchase individual FoD tiles, so are treated essentially as monographs. Individual titles that we can purchase in-perpetuity (usually only those that we host) are treated as monographic orders, such as titles from Media Education Foundation. Individual titles that are hosted by the distributor (Docuseek2, New Day Films, etc) are treated as continuations/Serials For Alexander Street Press, we have purchased individual subject collections, in-perpetuity, with a one time charge, but also a small annual maintenance charge. (they do all the hosting and serving, so this is not an unreasonable charge) But we are also piloting ASPs Evidence Based Acquisition model, that is a one time upfront charge that gives us access to all the collection, but which we ultimately spend on in-perpetuity purchase of individual titles that we choose from those that actually were used. No vendor offers a true PDA model (automatic purchase after so many uses) but Alexander Street is developing one (I have heard). Other distributors say they have a PDA model, but in fact are PD Licensing models, since the uses trigger a term license, not an outright purchase. And we use Swank Digital Campus for title by title, single semester licensing of feature films, paid for with a deposit account. ASU does not set aside funds by discipline or formatŠ. There is a materials budget, and all expenditures come from that fund (of course we commit known quantities for journals, etcŠ, and we have a large PDA plan for both ebooks and print books) The important thing to keep in mind is that there is NO single model for acquiring video content. Content is KINGŠ.. And libraries need to be flexible in how they acquire the content for their users. You can limit your collection to a large subscription that is hosted by the distributor, but then you leave out all the great content that that distributor does not provide. Or you can do individual title selection with in-perpetuity, but that leaves out all the content that teachers may want, that is only made available in term licensingŠ.. Jane Hutchison from William Paterson University and I conducted a survey on how academic libraries acquire, fund, and support streaming video last year. We found that funding, acquisition models, and selection and support models are all over the map. We have presented findings at a number of venues, and will present at this year's National Media Market in November. Also in November our results are being published in Against the Grain (an acquisitions journal) AND we will be launching a revised version of the survey to gather comparable data for comparison, starting this November (18 months after the original survey) -deg deg farrelly ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 602.332.3103 On 9/5/14 7:54 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > >Also, I am very curious about how different institutions fund streaming >media. Do you treat it as a serial? Does it come out of subject book >funds? Does you treat it (i.e. a renewal and purchase of a brand new >license or as a recurring subscription) change what fund type it comes >out of? > >I look forward to reading all your responses! > >Thanks! >-lisa 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.
