Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread ghandman
Nah...

Nothing in the copyright law that would prevent you.  Once you bought it
(under the terms of the First Sale doctrine) you can pretty much use the
discs it as a coasters, pocket mirrors, or frisbees if you want to.

gary handman



> Hi,
>
>I was under the impression that we could not seperate combo packs
> because that would violate copyright law. Am I wrong?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Julia Churchill
> Oak Lawn Public Library
> Oak Lawn Illinois
>
> 
> From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu
> [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Paula Manzella
> [pmanz...@bcls.lib.nj.us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:28 AM
> To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs
>
> Hi,
>
>Because we are a public library system with 20 different locations,
> Blu-Ray combo packs are handled two different ways.  For the branch
> libraries, we separate them, catalog each under the appropriate bib
> record and shelve them separately.Basically, the decision was made
> to separate because customers don't always have a Blu-ray player and
> because of the replacement cost issues.   Some of the smaller "member"
> libraries (e.g., Riverside Library) have chosen to keep the combo packs
> as is.  Each member library purchases their material and controls their
> own collection.
>
>At our Headquarters, Blu-rays are shelved away from the main DVD
> collection and each is housed in a security box.  Right now, only four
> of our branch libraries have small Blu-ray collections and each is doing
> something different for security.  One branch pulls all the discs and
> holds behind the circ desk.  Another uses the security cases and a two
> leave the Blu-rays in the boxes like DVDs.
>
> Best,
> Paula
> Burlington County Library
>
>
> Anna Goslen wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you
>> handle Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD
>> together, or do you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do,
>> and what have you found to be the advantages and disadvantages?
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Anna Goslen
>> Technical Services Specialist
>> Swarthmore College Library
>> (610) 690-5733
>> agosl...@swarthmore.edu
>>
>
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> producers and distributors.
>


Gary Handman
Director
Media Resources Center
Moffitt Library
UC Berkeley

510-643-8566
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"I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself."
--Francois Truffaut


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] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread Julia Churchill
Hi,

   I was under the impression that we could not seperate combo packs because 
that would violate copyright law. Am I wrong?

Thanks,

Julia Churchill
Oak Lawn Public Library
Oak Lawn Illinois


From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] 
on behalf of Paula Manzella [pmanz...@bcls.lib.nj.us]
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:28 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

Hi,

   Because we are a public library system with 20 different locations,
Blu-Ray combo packs are handled two different ways.  For the branch
libraries, we separate them, catalog each under the appropriate bib
record and shelve them separately.Basically, the decision was made
to separate because customers don't always have a Blu-ray player and
because of the replacement cost issues.   Some of the smaller "member"
libraries (e.g., Riverside Library) have chosen to keep the combo packs
as is.  Each member library purchases their material and controls their
own collection.

   At our Headquarters, Blu-rays are shelved away from the main DVD
collection and each is housed in a security box.  Right now, only four
of our branch libraries have small Blu-ray collections and each is doing
something different for security.  One branch pulls all the discs and
holds behind the circ desk.  Another uses the security cases and a two
leave the Blu-rays in the boxes like DVDs.

Best,
Paula
Burlington County Library


Anna Goslen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you handle 
> Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD together, or do 
> you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do, and what have you 
> found to be the advantages and disadvantages?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Anna Goslen
> Technical Services Specialist
> Swarthmore College Library
> (610) 690-5733
> agosl...@swarthmore.edu
>

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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from your system.

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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] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread Paula Manzella
Hi, 

   Because we are a public library system with 20 different locations, 
Blu-Ray combo packs are handled two different ways.  For the branch 
libraries, we separate them, catalog each under the appropriate bib 
record and shelve them separately.Basically, the decision was made 
to separate because customers don't always have a Blu-ray player and 
because of the replacement cost issues.   Some of the smaller "member" 
libraries (e.g., Riverside Library) have chosen to keep the combo packs 
as is.  Each member library purchases their material and controls their 
own collection.

   At our Headquarters, Blu-rays are shelved away from the main DVD 
collection and each is housed in a security box.  Right now, only four 
of our branch libraries have small Blu-ray collections and each is doing 
something different for security.  One branch pulls all the discs and 
holds behind the circ desk.  Another uses the security cases and a two 
leave the Blu-rays in the boxes like DVDs.
 
Best,
Paula
Burlington County Library


Anna Goslen wrote:
> Hello,
>
> For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you handle 
> Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD together, or do 
> you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do, and what have you 
> found to be the advantages and disadvantages?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Anna Goslen
> Technical Services Specialist
> Swarthmore College Library
> (610) 690-5733
> agosl...@swarthmore.edu
>   

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] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread Lori Espinoza
We separate ours into different cases. There are still many of our 
students/faculty/community who do not have a Blu-ray player. This way if 
someone wanted the Blu-ray they would not have both formats checked out 
at the same time. The DVD is then available for someone else to use in 
the mean time and vice versa. We do not have a large collection though 
and they are kept in their own area out in the stacks available for 
browsing.


Lori Espinoza
Paradise Valley Community College Library

On 1/19/2012 8:13 AM, Anna Goslen wrote:

Hello,

For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you handle 
Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD together, or do 
you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do, and what have you 
found to be the advantages and disadvantages?

Thanks in advance.

Anna Goslen
Technical Services Specialist
Swarthmore College Library
(610) 690-5733
agosl...@swarthmore.edu


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.


Re: [Videolib] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread Meghann Matwichuk

Hello Anna,

We (University of Delaware Library) have a small collection of Blurays 
(appx. 100, vs our 10,000+ collection of standard DVDs).  When 
purchasing Blurays, I make sure we also have a separate, standalone 
standard version when possible -- only exceptions so far are those only 
released in the Bluray/DVD combo packs (Tree of Life, Barney's Version, 
Another Earth, etc.)  We do not break up Bluray / DVD combos, and try to 
teach our student desk attendants and patrons to check the Bluray 
records for indications that a standard disc is packaged with it when 
that's the case.  This decision was made primarily due to the 
complications in breaking up a set, in part due to how our items are 
cataloged (Film and Video Collection staff are not able to request 
special handling of our items from Bib. Control).


Our materials are held in a closed stacks environment, and rely on our 
online catalogs to find media.


Advantages:  Because most of our Blurays also exist in our collection as 
standalone standard discs, and most of our 'regulars' know that some 
Blurays are packaged with standard discs, I don't think most patrons who 
do not have Bluray access aren't able to find what they need.  We're 
able to keep the original packaging, and avoid extra use of shelf-space.


Disadvantages:  The obvious -- some patrons do not know that they can 
find standard definition discs by looking closely at our Bluray 
records.  Further complicating this issue, our Library also utilizes 
World Cat Local, and in some instances the records linked to by our Bib 
Control folks do not accurately reflect that the item includes both 
standard and Bluray discs (a title that comes to mind is Super 8).


Hope this is helpful,

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


On 1/19/2012 10:13 AM, Anna Goslen wrote:

Hello,

For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you handle 
Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD together, or do 
you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do, and what have you 
found to be the advantages and disadvantages?

Thanks in advance.

Anna Goslen
Technical Services Specialist
Swarthmore College Library
(610) 690-5733
agosl...@swarthmore.edu


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] Blu-ray/DVD combo packs

2012-01-19 Thread Anna Goslen
Hello,

For those of you who include Blu-rays in your collections, how do you handle 
Blu-ray/DVD combo packs? Do you keep the Blu-ray and the DVD together, or do 
you separate them? Why did you decide to do what you do, and what have you 
found to be the advantages and disadvantages?

Thanks in advance.

Anna Goslen
Technical Services Specialist
Swarthmore College Library
(610) 690-5733
agosl...@swarthmore.edu


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.