Right, but how often do you access/withdraw materials? How long will you keep your VHS titles even though few and far between have the playback available? If you have had a vhs tape on your shelf for 10 years and nobody has ever checked it out, is that reason to withdraw? What is best practices these days? See you soon, Rhonda
-----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Deg Farrelly Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 6:22 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] supplemental materials Rhonda I generally prefer to hold on to the supplemental materials, even if never used…. Like Barb, we dust the cabinet every now and then. But I consider them part of the bibliographic entity that has value for the occasional users…. And, if/when we withdraw a title, the supplemental material with it. -deg deg farrelly Arizona State University Libraries deg.farre...@asu.edu 602.332.3103 On 10/5/16, 12:28 PM, "videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu on behalf of videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: >Good morning/afternoon everyone, >I am in a weeding phase for my media materials....I'm looking at guides, >booklets, inserts and the like. I know these items are sometimes interesting, >often including essays or photos of the film, etc. but nobody ever checks them >out! Do you guys keep them forever, do you toss them when cataloging? A >couple of items actually come with hardcover books that can stand alone, and I >would consider appropriate for our general collection, but many are small >little pamphlet like items that sit around forever, unnoticed, untouched even >though they are included prominently in the catalog record... > >And, of course, then there are the small liner notes on CDs that don't fit >inside the jewel case.....not that anyone checks out our CDs anymore either.... > >Anyone with a similar scenario? >Rhonda 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.
