Do you ask them to purchase books and articles?
On Tue, Jun 23, 2015 at 10:35 AM, Jo Ann Reynolds < [email protected]> wrote: > I believe we’ll be moving to this policy very soon. We already do it for > films we were unable to license. > > > > Best, > > Jo Ann > > > > Jo Ann Reynolds > > Reserve Services Coordinator > > University of Connecticut > > Homer Babbidge Library > > 369 Fairfield Road, Unit 1005RR > > Storrs, CT 06269-1005 > > 860-486-1406 voice > > 860-486-0584 fax > > > > > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Anna Simon > *Sent:* Friday, June 19, 2015 12:06 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Videolib] Asking students to pay for streaming > > > > Hello again, > > > > Our library has been streaming faculty requests via ShareStream, (almost > 700 in the fall of 2014) but we're changing our policy to ask that if > students wish to stream films and they're available via Amazon or Netflix > that they purchase their own streaming media. Of course the DVD will be > available for checkout in the library for free. I'm curious if other > libraries have this policy too and if so how patrons--including > faculty--reacted when it was adopted. Has it been successful? > > > > > > [image: Library-logo-ES.png] > > *Anna Simon * > Collection, Research & Instruction Librarian > Art, Film, and Museum Studies > 202-687-7467 > [email protected] > Ars Hoya: GU Art Blog <https://blogs.commons.georgetown.edu/ajs299/> > > > Georgetown University > Lauinger Library > 37th & O Sts. NW > Washington, DC 20057 > > > > 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.
