Hi Lorraine,
We do circulate most of our DVD and VHS. There are a few exceptions due to the vendors policies. Those we put stickers with "UWM only" on them and in the catalog record that is reflected as well as the item type which has "UWM DVD only" and "UWM VHS only" and separate circulation policies. There are not many of them. We have had excellent luck loaning our items within our consortia and through ILL. Other libraries are willing to loan their DVDs and VHS to us if we reciprocate. Any titles on Reserve are exempt as always from these loans. Hope this helps Beth Traylor Media and Reserve Librarian UW-Milwaukee ________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Bergman, Barbara J <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2016 3:09:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] circulation policies for DVD/VHS Hi Lorraine, Yes, you should allow your films to be checked out and watched. We circulate DVDs to everyone - faculty, students, community members. We also do interlibrary loan of videos - with the requirement of reciprocity. Meaning we only lend videos to your library if your policy allows for video borrowing. There is no reason you can't lend DVDs that were purchased with PPR. The PPR of course does not transfer to a borrower not associated with Ohio University, but that doesn't affect personal or classroom use. Videos on reserve or booked for an upcoming screening do not going out on ILL that semester. We have a handful of videos that were purchased with a licensing restriction - the Carl Rogers 3 Approaches to Psychotherapy films and a set of airplane pilot training videos. They're flagged as not available for ILL. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | [email protected] From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wochna, Lorraine Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 6:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Videolib] circulation policies for DVD/VHS Hello (again), We are revisiting our circulation policies on DVD/VHS, as it has been MANY years since they have been updated. We are part of a consortium, OhioLINK, and we have chosen not to circulate our collection. Other libraries in state have made other choices and many do circulate. I think there was/still is a time when some distributors did not want their films loaned via OhioLINK, although I am not completely sure of the reasoning. My goal is to try and find a way to help circulation/acquisitions/cataloging deal with this in the most efficient way. Perhaps there is a distributor that does not want us to loan state wide, somehow we have to deal with that in the cat record. Perhaps we make a blanket rule that all PPR does not circulate. Not sure how distributors feel about this as well. I know some of you are in consortiums and I am curious how you deal with loaning video. Or even if you are not! Thanks for your help, as always, lorraine lorraine wochna African American Studies, English Lit, Performing Arts Librarian Alden Library, 2nd floor Ohio University Athens OH 45701 W 740-597-1238 CHAT WITH ME: http://libguides.library.ohiou.edu/prf.php?account_id=7943 MAKE APPT: http://ohiou.libcal.com/appointment/2001 [small card lorraine]
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