Our present philosophy is still to attempt to build a permanent, physical collection. We frankly do not have the budget to support a lot of streamed access and recognize the "more bang for your buck" aspect of purchasing physical DVDs, as opposed to paying for a semester's access or 3-year access to a streamed video.
If faculty had their way, we would do both. Several profs have greatly enjoyed Swank's streamed feature film service, even though we typically own the same films in physical copies. Part of that relates to what Jane mentioned: a preference to preserve classroom time for other activities and having students screen films on their own. However, the almighty dollar continues to demonstrate its almightiness, and they're having to forfeit convenience for the wider, longer-lasting access that purchasing DVDs provides. The classroom reserve system may be antiquated, but it still works quite nicely. ;) As to equipment to support the old-fashioned formats, I tend to pipe up loudly and fairly frequently, hoping that the Powers That Be are listening and recognize the NEED to continue to offer support for the physical collection. Yes, the day will come when none - or nearly none - of the VCRs on campus are operational; yes, the day will come when several of our DVD players go on the fritz. However, given budgetary realities, our IT department is going to have to do what it can to continue to support our physical collection, since we don't have the resources to make the switch to streamed video. Just one small-school perspective. Susan Susan Albrecht Library Media Acquisitions Manager Graduate Fellowship Advisor Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 (acquisitions) 765-361-6297 (fellowships) 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 Hutchison, Jane Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 9:37 AM To: '[email protected]' Subject: Re: [Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence deg and I did not survey classroom management folks in particular, though some of the respondents did both classroom support and purchasing of media, such as myself. We sent out to the CCUMC listserv as well as others that hit media professionals, acquisitions, collection development and directors of small institutions who handled these responsibilities. What may be interesting is in future purchases. For instance, if we have a choice at William Paterson, we will just purchase streaming and no physical copy. So we are moving in that direction and more and more titles are becoming available for streaming. Our physical collection circulation is going down drastically, while our streaming circulation is increasing dramatically. Faculty prefer to use class time for discussion, active learning, rather than passively sit and watch a whole film. The faculty member often as a follow up, may show a brief clip for emphasize, but they do prefer having students view the titles on their own. This is becoming a model that called the "flipped classroom." So who's on first? Does the classroom technology determine what is purchased, or do collection managers determine what media format is purchased. Or is it faculty who determine what format they use? We have faculty at WPU who only want streaming and we have others who prefer the physical copy, but that latter request is coming less and less. Regards, Jane Jane B. Hutchison Associate Director Instruction & Research Technology 300 Pompton Road Wayne, NJ 07470 (w)973-720-2980 (cell) 973-418-7727 From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of scott spicer Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 9:04 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [Videolib] Future of educational media distribution - institutional obsolescence Andrew, Yes, I agree we should be surveying classroom management professionals to get our fingers on the pulse of future institutional physical media classroom support. Of all the research topics we have discussed, this one may be the most pressing! I will follow up with you offline to discuss further, pending deg's response. deg: in your study with Jane did you survey classroom management folks on their plans for future classroom physical media playback support? If not, are you (or is anyone else here) aware of a relatively recent study that has? I will also research the higher ed. a/v support/educational technologist literature to see if this issue has been tackled elsewhere. Thanks, Scott PS: If the classroom player issue isn't enough, heightened federal regulations for disabled access to online educational materials (equal access to digitally delivered format) is probably not too far behind. See yesterday's piece in the Chronicle (http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/for-bill-on-disabled-access-to-online-teaching-materials-the-devils-in-the-details/54651) on the proposed Technology, Equality, and Accessibility in College and Higher Education Act (HR 3505) (https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr3505/BILLS-113hr3505ih.pdf).
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.
