DVD and video collections:
Faculty for 1 week (7 days) with a 20 item limit. Faculty can also book
titles for specific dates and longer loan periods.
Students and staff for 3 days, 5 items.
Community: in-library use (we are considering extending this to 3 days, 5
items).
All renewals must not
Hi, All,
What are media librarians at academic libraries doing when a faculty
member asks for a DVD copy to be made of something for which only VHS
exists, for use in face-to-face teaching? You can email me off-list if
you prefer.
Thanks!
Tim
Tim Markus
Head of Cataloging
The Evergreen State
7 days, no renewals. Extensions upon request, but would have to have very good
reason for us to allow more than an extra week.
(Loan used to be 3 days, but we looked at data and more than 50% were renewed
or extended, so was easier to just make it a 7-day loan standard.)
If on 4-hr reserve for
Hi Tim,
1) I look all around and see if it has been re-released on DVD. If so,
ask my acquisitions colleague to buy it as a rush.
2) Remind the faculty members that they can make an arrangement w/ one of
the support units in the university to have a VHS player set up for
display in the class.
