Kimberly, Do you have any statistics on the amount of times that the DVD's are borrowed before they are damaged or is the rate of return that you mentioned (3 or 4 scratched or otherwise damaged DVDs per month) based on relatively new discs?
I am currently serving on a committee of the Association of Moving Image Archivists investigating DVD longevity, as such "real life" examples as compared to scientific data, could be very helpful. Your suggestion of putting the DVD into a computer and scanning thru the chapters is a good idea, especially if a librarian can check the discs before Teachers borrow them for presentations. Thank you, Lance Watsky Georgia Archives Preservation & Media Specialist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 678-364-3764 Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the AJL =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
