Hi Meghann, I'm at an academic library and we also use the McNaughton DVD lease plan. A few years ago we decided focus our DVD collection development policy more tightly on supporting the curriculum and meeting faculty requests, where before we'd also supported 'leisure' viewing needs by request. Providing the leased collection, with high turnover of recent releases, took the edge off this change in collection development and has proven very popular.
Kelly Head, Metadata Services O'Neill Library, Boston College On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:47 PM, Meghann Matwichuk <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much, Becky! Very helpful information. I also received a > question off list and would like to clarify what I meant by 'rental > collection' -- my conception of it pretty much matches what Becky outlines > below: a supplemental collection that is rented by the Library from a > vendor, and then loaned out to patrons -- not a collection that it > purchased and rented at a cost to the borrowers. > > Best, > Meghann > > > On 12/3/2014 3:12 PM, Tatar, Becky wrote: > > We have been using Brodart’s/McNaughten dvd lease program for 5 years > now. Basically, we use it to supplement copies for blockbuster titles with > lots of reserves. Our regular orders are from Midwest. I use their > calendar of upcoming hit movies to gage how many lease copies to order, at > least to start with. When we first started with Brodart, I think the > program was pretty new to them, also, because their database basically only > had what had already been released. You couldn’t order upcoming titles. > They have changed that, and for the most part, have at least most of 2 > months of titles in advance in their database. They are also pretty good > about doing television shows, as some of those titles which we get also get > heavy reserve lists. They also do well on trying to get titles not listed > in the database. > > > > Points are assigned to each title, with most feature films getting > anywhere from 13 – 16 points per copy. You purchase a certain level of > points each year. If you don’t use them all, they do carry over to the > next year. You also are given a percentage for lost or damaged titles, and > have the ability to keep some copies, in case your own copies go missing or > are damaged. They have also been good to work with the one time a tv show > had a damaged disc. They not only replaced the disc at no charge, but were > able to do a replacement copy of the whole set. > > > > For me, there is also a bit of paperwork to track the barcodes of the > lease copies, when they come, and when they are all returned. > > > > One reason we went with Brodart as opposed to some of the other vendors > had to do with the nonsense from the studios about releasing bare bones > DVDs only to libraries, not titles with all the bells and whistles. It > appears that Brodart, while a library company, gets their DVDs from > AEC/WebAmi, so we are able to bypass the studio nonsense. Of course, this > means that sometimes we only have lease copies of the movie for about 4 > weeks. > > > > Overall, we are very happy with the program. And again, though, it is for > supplementing our new titles that have many reserves. Sometimes, > generally with popular tv shows, like Game of Thrones, or Dexter, when the > new seasons come out, we need to get a couple lease copies of older seasons > as well as the new season, since reserves on the old seasons spike up. > Hope this helps. > > > > Becky Tatar > > Periodicals/Audiovisuals > > Aurora Public Library > > 1 E. Benton Street > > Aurora, IL 60505 > > Phone: 630-264-4100 > > FAX: 630-896-3209 > > [email protected] > > www.aurorapubliclibrary.org > > > > *From:* [email protected] [ > mailto:[email protected] > <[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Meghann Matwichuk > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:40 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Rental collections? > > > > Hello All, > > Do any of you have experience you wouldn't mind sharing re: rental > collections? I'd be interested to hear about vendors, the collections > themselves (e.g. pre-selected or do you have input into titles), and any > other information you feel might be useful for someone who's been tasked > with exploring this as a potential way to expand browseable / recreational > offerings, particularly at an academic institution. > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Meghann Matwichuk, M.S. > Associate Librarian > Film and Video Collection > Morris Library, University of Delaware > 181 S. College Ave. > Newark, DE 19717 > (302) 831-1475 > http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo > > > 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. > > > > 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. > >
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.
