[Videolib] Rental collections?

[Meghann Matwichuk]

Hello All,

Do any of you have experience you wouldn't mind sharing re: rental 
collections?  I'd be interested to hear about vendors, the collections 
themselves (e.g. pre-selected or do you have input into titles), and any 
other information you feel might be useful for someone who's been tasked 
with exploring this as a potential way to expand browseable / 
recreational offerings, particularly at an academic institution.


Thanks in advance,

--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo

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.

Re: [Videolib] Rental collections?

[Tatar, Becky]

We have been using Brodart's/McNaughten dvd lease program for 5 years now.  
Basically, we use it to supplement copies for blockbuster titles with lots of 
reserves.  Our regular orders are from Midwest.  I use their calendar of 
upcoming hit movies to gage how many lease copies to order, at least to start 
with.  When we first started with Brodart, I think the program was pretty new 
to them, also, because their database basically only had what had already been 
released.  You couldn't order upcoming titles.  They have changed that, and for 
the most part, have at least most of 2 months of titles in advance in their 
database.  They are also pretty good about doing television shows, as some of 
those titles which we get also get heavy reserve lists.  They also do well on  
trying to get titles not listed in the database.

Points are assigned to each title, with most feature films getting anywhere 
from 13 - 16 points per copy.  You purchase a certain level of points each 
year.  If you don't use them all, they do carry over to the next year.  You 
also are given a percentage for lost or damaged titles, and have the ability to 
keep some copies, in case your own copies go missing or are damaged. They have 
also been good to work with the one time a tv show had a damaged disc.  They 
not only replaced the disc at no charge, but were able to do a replacement copy 
of the whole set.

For me, there is also a bit of paperwork to track the barcodes of the lease 
copies, when they come, and when they are all returned.

One reason we went with Brodart as opposed to some of the other vendors had to 
do with the nonsense from the studios about releasing bare bones DVDs only  to 
libraries, not titles with all the bells and whistles.  It appears that 
Brodart, while a library company, gets their DVDs from AEC/WebAmi, so we are 
able to bypass the studio nonsense.  Of course, this means that sometimes we 
only have lease copies of the movie for about 4 weeks.

Overall, we are very happy with the program.  And again, though, it is for 
supplementing our new titles that have many reserves.   Sometimes, generally 
with popular tv shows, like Game of Thrones, or Dexter, when the new seasons 
come out, we need to get a couple lease copies of older seasons as well as the 
new season, since reserves on the old seasons spike up.  Hope this helps.

Becky Tatar
Periodicals/Audiovisuals
Aurora Public Library
1 E. Benton Street
Aurora, IL   60505
Phone: 630-264-4100
FAX: 630-896-3209
blt...@aurora.lib.il.us
www.aurorapubliclibrary.org

From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Meghann Matwichuk
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:40 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Rental collections?

Hello All,

Do any of you have experience you wouldn't mind sharing re: rental collections? 
 I'd be interested to hear about vendors, the collections themselves (e.g. 
pre-selected or do you have input into titles), and any other information you 
feel might be useful for someone who's been tasked with exploring this as a 
potential way to expand browseable / recreational offerings, particularly at an 
academic institution.

Thanks in advance,
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo
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.

Re: [Videolib] Rental collections?

[Meghann Matwichuk]

Thanks so much, Becky!  Very helpful information.  I also received a 
question off list and would like to clarify what I meant by 'rental 
collection' -- my conception of it pretty much matches what Becky 
outlines below:  a supplemental collection that is rented by the Library 
from a vendor, and then loaned out to patrons -- not a collection that 
it purchased and rented at a cost to the borrowers.


Best,
Meghann

On 12/3/2014 3:12 PM, Tatar, Becky wrote:


We have been using Brodart's/McNaughten dvd lease program for 5 years 
now.  Basically, we use it to supplement copies for blockbuster titles 
with lots of reserves.  Our regular orders are from Midwest.  I use 
their calendar of upcoming hit movies to gage how many lease copies to 
order, at least to start with.  When we first started with Brodart, I 
think the program was pretty new to them, also, because their database 
basically only had what had already been released. You couldn't order 
upcoming titles.  They have changed that, and for the most part, have 
at least most of 2 months of titles in advance in their database.  
They are also pretty good about doing television shows, as some of 
those titles which we get also get heavy reserve lists.  They also do 
well on  trying to get titles not listed in the database.


Points are assigned to each title, with most feature films getting 
anywhere from 13 -- 16 points per copy.  You purchase a certain level 
of points each year.  If you don't use them all, they do carry over to 
the next year.  You also are given a percentage for lost or damaged 
titles, and have the ability to keep some copies, in case your own 
copies go missing or are damaged. They have also been good to work 
with the one time a tv show had a damaged disc.  They not only 
replaced the disc at no charge, but were able to do a replacement copy 
of the whole set.


For me, there is also a bit of paperwork to track the barcodes of the 
lease copies, when they come, and when they are all returned.


One reason we went with Brodart as opposed to some of the other 
vendors had to do with the nonsense from the studios about releasing 
bare bones DVDs only  to libraries, not titles with all the bells and 
whistles.  It appears that Brodart, while a library company, gets 
their DVDs from AEC/WebAmi, so we are able to bypass the studio 
nonsense.  Of course, this means that sometimes we only have lease 
copies of the movie for about 4 weeks.


Overall, we are very happy with the program.  And again, though, it is 
for supplementing our new titles that have many reserves.   Sometimes, 
generally with popular tv shows, like Game of Thrones, or Dexter, when 
the new seasons come out, we need to get a couple lease copies of 
older seasons as well as the new season, since reserves on the old 
seasons spike up.  Hope this helps.


Becky Tatar

Periodicals/Audiovisuals

Aurora Public Library

1 E. Benton Street

Aurora, IL   60505

Phone: 630-264-4100

FAX: 630-896-3209

blt...@aurora.lib.il.us

www.aurorapubliclibrary.org

*From:*videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu 
[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Meghann 
Matwichuk

*Sent:* Wednesday, December 03, 2014 1:40 PM
*To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
*Subject:* [Videolib] Rental collections?

Hello All,

Do any of you have experience you wouldn't mind sharing re: rental 
collections?  I'd be interested to hear about vendors, the collections 
themselves (e.g. pre-selected or do you have input into titles), and 
any other information you feel might be useful for someone who's been 
tasked with exploring this as a potential way to expand browseable / 
recreational offerings, particularly at an academic institution.


Thanks in advance,

--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo



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.

[Videolib] Forsberg's research on VHS deterioration published

[Deg Farrelly]

Apologies for cross-posting

>From my perspective, exciting news…. Walter Forsberg and Erik Piil's research 
>on VHS tape deterioration has been published!

Forsberg along with Howard Besser presented on his research at the 2013 
National Media Market in the session "Video at Risk:  Strategies for Preserving 
Commercial Video Collections in Research Libraries". But now the research in 
all it's fine detail is available.

Since "deterioration" is one of the factors that libraries can use to invoke 
duplication provisions of Section 108 of copyright law, this research is a 
critical addition to the professional literature.


Citation:

Forsberg, W. & Piil, E.  (2014).  Tune in, turn on, drop out.  In S. Hastings 
(Ed.) Annual Review of Cultural Heritage
 Informatics (pp.213-242).  Lanham:  Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.

Abstract from the publication:

"Analog videotape, an imperfect moving image technology format since its 
introduction, is reaching the end of its life cycle. However, large quantities 
of out-of-print and irreplaceable VHS titles still comprise significant 
portions of library and archival collections and circulations. Given the need 
to preserve this content, this study investigates the use of the "dropout"; 
metric (counts of disruptions in the video signal) for determining whether 
libraries and archives can invoke their rights of reproduc- tion under the 
United States Copyright Act. Videotape technology and deterioration problems 
are explained and prior deterioration studies are reviewed. Dropout tests of 
four pairs of commercially produced VHS titles are conducted and relationships 
between videotape deterioration as measured by dropout counts, circulation 
statistics, and manufacturing quality control standards are evaluated. Offering 
noninvasive evidence of videotape deterioration, quantified dropout counts 
appear to provide libraries and archives with an objective measure to meet the 
vague "deterioration"; standard of the Copyright Act."



Enjoy!

-deg

deg farrelly
ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
602.332.3103
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] Forsberg's research on VHS deterioration published

[Deg Farrelly]

Apologies for cross-posting

>From my perspective, exciting newsŠ. Walter Forsberg and Erik Piil's
research on VHS tape deterioration has been published!

Forsberg along with Howard Besser presented on his research at the 2013
National Media Market in the session "Video at Risk:  Strategies for
Preserving Commercial Video Collections in Research Libraries". But now
the research in all it's fine detail is available.

Since "deterioration" is one of the factors that libraries can use to
invoke duplication provisions of Section 108 of copyright law, this
research is a critical addition to the professional literature.


Citation:

Forsberg, W. & Piil, E.  (2014).  Tune in, turn on, drop out.  In S.
Hastings (Ed.) Annual Review of Cultural Heritage
 Informatics (pp.213-242).  Lanham:  Rowman & Littlefield
Publishers.


Abstract from the publication:

"Analog videotape, an imperfect moving image technology format since its
introduction, is reaching the end of its life cycle. However, large
quantities of out-of-print and irreplaceable VHS titles still comprise
significant portions of library and archival collections and circulations.
Given the need to preserve this content, this study investigates the use
of the "dropout"; metric (counts of disruptions in the video signal) for
determining whether libraries and archives can invoke their rights of
reproduc- tion under the United States Copyright Act. Videotape technology
and deterioration problems are explained and prior deterioration studies
are reviewed. Dropout tests of four pairs of commercially produced VHS
titles are conducted and relationships between videotape deterioration as
measured by dropout counts, circulation statistics, and manufacturing
quality control standards are evaluated. Offering noninvasive evidence of
videotape deterioration, quantified dropout counts appear to provide
libraries and archives with an objective measure to meet the vague
"deterioration"; standard of the Copyright Act."




Enjoy!

-deg

deg farrelly
ShareStream Administrator/Media Librarian
Arizona State University Libraries
Tempe, AZ  85287-1006
602.332.3103


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.

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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.