Re: [Videolib] great courses
I have never hesitated on acquistioning any Great Courses for a moment. They circulate heavily, are heartily appreciated and are a worthwhile and valuable investment. Some of the best money spent, I say that from experience. Don't overthink this one. To let you know, I am coming from a public librarian perspective, but I'd actually think that would be helpful. Elizabeth McMahon 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 From: CAPLAN Victoria F lbcap...@ust.hk To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [Videolib] great courses Hi Rhonda, I select them for purchase as well. Some students like them to supplement their courses, or to refresh (e.g. someone who jhas been out in the work place for several years doing an MSc in civil engineering who needs to refresh on fluid dynamics). Others I select for general education for students interest. For example, we have no African Studies courses at HKUST, so the 18 hour African Experience course is useful for any students who want to learn more about the history and cultures of Africa. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Libarry Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rhonda, I had to purchase many of them for a faculty member who insisted they were the most amazing things ever. So be it. Most of my colleagues did not agree, but some faculty do use certain Courses because they do like the content. I'd be happy to let you know which ones are used the most. Best, Lorraine Alden Library Ohio U 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] great courses
Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, 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] great courses
They are indeed talking heads, but I think they are pretty darn good ones-our patrons consistently rate them highly. Essentially they are taped university course lectures. Most likely not meant for academic libraries, given that they would be competing for your own professors' classes, but that's their problem! ; ) Bryan Griest Glendale Public Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, 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.edu http://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] great courses
We have three: Higher Mathematics, Joy of Science, and Calculus Made Clear. The Calculus probably gets the most usage. Users have been quite positive about it. Best. Pat McGee Coordinator of Media Services Volpe Library and Media Center Tennessee Technological University Campus Box 5066 Cookeville, TN 38505 931-372-3544 From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 12:42 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, 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.edu http://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] great courses
I work for the Salt Lake City Public Library and these courses are extremely popular! But I always wait until they go on sale. They offer every course in their catalog at a sale price at least once each year. - Original Message - From: Rhonda J. Rosen rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:41:43 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I’ve got a faculty who wants to order one of those “Great Courses.” I’ve tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplement….but am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collections….they are often like 20 – ½ hour lectures…..lots of space taken up…. Just curious, 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.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. -- Tiffany Hudson Audio-Visual Selector Salt Lake City Public Library 210 East 400 South Salt Lake City, UT 84111 801-322-8161 801-524-8200 thud...@slcpl.org The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ~Eleanor Roosevelt 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] great courses
here at WM, if someone really really wants them, we'd get it. On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 1:56 PM, ghand...@library.berkeley.edu ghand...@library.berkeley.edu wrote: Ug! It's interesting having been around a high-class institutional joint like Berkeley for so many years. I cannot tell you the number of times I've suspected faculty of using videos as a way of worming out of teaching for one reason or another. At least in those instances the stuff they were showing usually had some intrinsic interest, rather than being a talking head doing the lecturing they should have been doing... Great Courses, indeed! Gary Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, 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. Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC 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. -- M. Troy Davis | (757) 279-8871 Director, Swem Media Center Earl Gregg Swem Library The College of William Mary mtd...@wm.edu - http://www.flickr.com/photos/swemmedia/ http://www.facebook.com/swemmedia http://www.youtube.com/swemmedia 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] great courses
A few years ago, we received a donation of pretty much the entire library of great courses. They are quite popular and a limited number of faculty find them useful. For the most part, it's students and special borrowers who actually check them out. It's also important to note that many of these are audio-only CDs and, indeed, those are our most popular GC titles. They're always in demand during campus down times when faculty, staff and students are traveling. As far as I can tell, they're not used in the classroom. Andy Regis University Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Griest, Bryan Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 11:54 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] great courses They are indeed talking heads, but I think they are pretty darn good ones-our patrons consistently rate them highly. Essentially they are taped university course lectures. Most likely not meant for academic libraries, given that they would be competing for your own professors' classes, but that's their problem! ; ) Bryan Griest Glendale Public Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 10:42 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] great courses Hi everyone, I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those Great Courses. I've tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking heads kind of productions, And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplementbut am I wrong? Do any of you purchase them for your collectionsthey are often like 20 - ½ hour lectures.lots of space taken up Just curious, 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] great courses
Hi Rhonda, I select them for purchase as well. Some students like them to supplement their courses, or to refresh (e.g. someone who jhas been out in the work place for several years doing an MSc in civil engineering who needs to refresh on fluid dynamics). Others I select for general education for students interest. For example, we have no African Studies courses at HKUST, so the 18 hour African Experience course is useful for any students who want to learn more about the history and cultures of Africa. - Victoria Caplan HKUST Libarry Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Rhonda, I had to purchase many of them for a faculty member who insisted they were the most amazing things ever. So be it. Most of my colleagues did not agree, but some faculty do use certain Courses because they do like the content. I'd be happy to let you know which ones are used the most. Best, Lorraine Alden Library Ohio U 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.
