Thanks for all your feedback. I gather there is no “Official” / “Legal” agency to declare a format obsolete. It’s all based on our judgment.
Farhad From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dylan McGinty Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] The music industry's cassette comeback http://www.marketplace.org/topics/business/music-industrys-cassette-comeback From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:29 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Videolib] obsolete formats Take a look at Amazon, they are clearly very widely available. I can imagine other formats that might be more complicated but here they are easily available directly from Amazon( and I suspect many other places) no issue of having to get them from overseas. Most electronics are made outside the US but that would the same with DVD or blu ray player http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=cassette+players On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Thanks Jessica. But is there an official/legal declaration? This criteria of availability in the market or still being manufactured is a very subjective and loose criteria in today’s market when you can buy an equipment from any part of the world with a click. I’m sure there are many countries still making, selling and using cassette players that one can buy here even if nobody makes it in this country anymore. Farhad From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:07 AM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Videolib] obsolete formats Too lazy to look up the exact wording but the law says can be considered obsolete if the equipment needed to play it is no longer available ( it may say manufactured ) I just checked on Amazon and oddly there are tons of brand new cassette players available in a variety of types. Jessica On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Moshiri, Farhad <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: How can we know a format is considered obsolete by law? Is there a government agency that declare this officially? I know VHS tapes are not yet considered obsolete. But what about audio cassette tapes? Farhad Moshiri, MLS Audiovisual Librarian University of the Incarnate Word J.E. & L.E. Mabee Library 4301 Broadway – CPO 297 San Antonio, TX 78209 ________________________________ This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. 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. -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897<tel:224-545-3897> (cell) 212-627-1785<tel:212-627-1785> (land line) [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 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.
