[Videolib] audiocassettes
Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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] audiocassettes
I just recently weeded most of our audio cassette collection. They have never circulated here since I first came aboard 7 years ago. We've also seen that our audio CDs also do not circulate as much. Best, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 12/19/2012 1:11 PM Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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] audiocassettes
We have just recently (and somewhat gradually) let go of our audiocassette collection. Much of the content was dated. I did go through our holdings to determine condition, use, etc. I think the music has been covered well by compact disc. However, we had a number of audiobooks on tape, and those titles tended to be regularly used in the past. So, this year I made a concerted effort to purchase a number of books, poetry, speeches on CD. Actually, there are still a few books on tape remaining, but probably not for long. Working through this format process has seemed much less 'painful' than working through the VHS issues so many of us are facing at this time. Ugh... Rue Rue McKenzie Coordinator of Media Collections Academic Resources University of South Florida Library 4202 Fowler Ave., LIB122 Tampa, FL 33620 813-974-6342 / rmcken...@usf.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] audiocassettes Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu|mailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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] audiocassettes
Hi Junior, So does this mean you basically dumped the whole collection then? Or did you justify keeping some, and if so, how? rhonda -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Junior Tidal Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] audiocassettes I just recently weeded most of our audio cassette collection. They have never circulated here since I first came aboard 7 years ago. We've also seen that our audio CDs also do not circulate as much. Best, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 12/19/2012 1:11 PM Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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] audiocassettes
We dumped most of the collection. There were a few large box sets and ones attached to books that I have yet to look through. I'll probably talk to the subject liaison librarian or department for those specific sets, but more than likely they will probably be discarded. We've also tossed out 5.25/3.5 floppy discs as well since we don't have the hardware to support them. Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 12/19/2012 1:57 PM Hi Junior, So does this mean you basically dumped the whole collection then? Or did you justify keeping some, and if so, how? rhonda -Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Junior Tidal Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] audiocassettes I just recently weeded most of our audio cassette collection. They have never circulated here since I first came aboard 7 years ago. We've also seen that our audio CDs also do not circulate as much. Best, Junior Tidal Assistant Professor Web Services and Multimedia Librarian New York City College of Technology, CUNY 300 Jay Street, Rm A434 Brooklyn, NY 11201 718.260.5481 http://library.citytech.cuny.edu Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu 12/19/2012 1:11 PM Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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 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] audiocassettes
Debra et al, Can some of you share your VHS replacement criteria. Thanks, lorraine wochna Ohio U, Alden Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Mandel, Debra Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:55 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] audiocassettes It'a time to withdraw these. Can you adapt your VHS replacement criteria to prioritize which ones you would buy on CD or withdraw? Do you have a classical CD collection already and/or streaming classical music such as NAXOS or ASP? If so, these CDs are superfluos. Demand for CDs at my institution has really slowed because of MP3 revolution and streaming audio. Spoken word is also available on CD. I always get input from faculty before I wholesale withdraw a collection, just so they know, and I inquire what is most needed for teaching and research. I did this with 16mm last year and retained some things they requested. Debra via iPhone On Dec 19, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Rosen, Rhonda rhonda.ro...@lmu.edumailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu wrote: Hi - For academic librarieswhat are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edumailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python 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] audiocassettes
[cid:imagec685a8.GIF@62a2b5c8.4c8799de] this is aacc Our audiocassette collection wasn’t large. We withdrew most of it about 3 years ago. In preparation for a move to a temporary location while our building was being renovated and expanded, we withdrew the remaining few audiocassettes. No music; it was mostly spoken word and foreign language instructional programs. Cynthia Steinhoff Anne Arundel Community College Arnold, MD The information contained in this email may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It has been sent for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized review, use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or any of its content, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you. From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:12 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] audiocassettes Hi – For academic libraries….what are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete…while I’m actively replacing VHS with DVD – I am not sure I want to go this route with audio…. We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu|mailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.eduhttp://library.lmu.edu/ You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians. --Monty Python inline: imagec685a8.GIFVIDEOLIB 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.
