Re: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-10 Thread Kimberley A. Shaw
Hello Lance and everyone: let me get back to you - and HaSafran - on that! I had not been formally tracking our dvd-replacement orders, but it looks like now would be a good place to start. I'll see if I can put together the kind of Boolean search that would get this info. Best, Kimberley S. Mes

RE: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-07 Thread Watsky, Lance
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 Associatio

Re: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-04 Thread Kimberley A. Shaw
Dear Ms. Edelglass: as an acquisitions assistant at a college library, many DVD orders and receipts cross my desk, but only a very small number of DVDs come back from patrons as being problematic or unplayable. Of the ones that are complained about, most of them need only a cleaning with a $10 kit

RE: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-04 Thread Watsky, Lance
Dear Ms. Edelglass, I just spoke with Michael Ruffolo, Special Accounts Manager, Lipsner Smith which is a company that manufacturers quality optical and videotape data checkers. This past year they released equipment that will let you know when your DVD's are going bad. They currently have two dif

Re: [Hasafran] DVDs

2006-01-04 Thread Andrea Rapp
I'm afraid I don't have an answer, as we have only recently phased out purchase of VHS tapes in favor of DVD's, but I saw a news article recently about public librarians commenting that some DVD's are getting only a few circulations, because they are so easy to abuse by patrons; I think it note