I've been at my current job for about 9 years. I've not yet had anyone borrow a VHS tape or even ask about them. The other day the synagogue's executive director just took them all including the furniture case that they were stored in and tossed the entire thing.
I think that's basically the future for these collections even if there is good-or even-rare material. Most people don't have the equipment and are more likely to stream than insert a piece of plastic or cartridge into a machine. We can't save everything and unless our libraries are archives and have unlimited space, de-accessing is the way to go. On the other hand, other media such as books have longer lives since there is nothing between the user and the medium. This same ED wants to get rid of all the "old" books- mostly religious reference books. So far I've been able to keep her hands off those. Aileen GrossbergJacobs LibraryOheb Shalom CongregationSouth Orange, NJ -----Original Message----- From: Andrea Rapp via Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> To: Hasafran <hasafran@lists.osu.edu> Sent: Mon, Feb 28, 2022 12:59 pm Subject: [ha-Safran] Obsolete media in synagogue libraries Have you all tossed your VHS collections? I’ve kept ours because we still have equipment to play them. But really, is it past time to toss them? Any criteria for keeping some? People don’t even use DVDs or CDs anymore. In our large (22k items) collection we have lots of both. I’d be interested in hearing opinions and experience of others. Andrea Rapp, Isaac M.Wise Temple. __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!jvHGCUfa8-wHGC5Z3I5C2wmqfKFOytAjg4Pxg8ou1i-REL5LI2xn0fm43L6SsuqEFK0$ Earlier Listserver: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran*40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html__;JQ!!KGKeukY!jvHGCUfa8-wHGC5Z3I5C2wmqfKFOytAjg4Pxg8ou1i-REL5LI2xn0fm43L6SOWhk-H4$ AJL HomePage https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.JewishLibraries.org__;!!KGKeukY!jvHGCUfa8-wHGC5Z3I5C2wmqfKFOytAjg4Pxg8ou1i-REL5LI2xn0fm43L6Sl29bZFY$ -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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