Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-19 Thread Michael May
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos And if there's a logical or common thread in that list, John, I'll be damned! (not excepting the two forlorn documentaries in the group) gary And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-19 Thread John Streepy
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Gary, the only rhyme or reason we have up here is that there is no rhyme or reason up here. I am only surprised that there isn't a Jackie Chan/Jet Li film on the UW list. jhs ghand...@library.berkeley.edu 8/18/2011 8:09 PM And if there's a logical or common

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-19 Thread John Vallier
Agreed, Gary. Illogic seems to be the common thread with this list. The 2 documentary bookends are thanks to an often re-occuring class given by a UCB PhD grad! I would like to dig through more lists for our top 20 docs, but that will have to wait. - John ghand...@library.berkeley.edu

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Susan Albrecht
We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me with the process of deciding on items to upgrade to DVD. Stats were for circs since 2004 when we switched our ILS. The results were a bit surprising to me at first -- our highest circulated item to that point was a a VHS copy of Annenberg's

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica Rosner
OK your students have MUCH better taste then Deg's ( Sorry Deg) On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:12 AM, Susan Albrecht albre...@wabash.edu wrote: We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me with the process of deciding on items to upgrade to DVD. Stats were for circs since 2004 when we

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Beth Clausen
-Original Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 6:54 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos I think this year

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Pearson, Jeffrey
: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Albrecht Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:12 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica Rosner
AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos We did this in 2010, primarily in order to help me with the process of deciding on items to upgrade to DVD. Stats were for circs since 2004 when we switched our ILS. The results were a bit surprising

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Foster, Jennifer
As I was new to media when I joined this library 2 ½ years ago, I asked for reports all the time. At that time, we couldn't separate VHS from DVD, which made it a challenge to weed. So I use it for weeding, starting with VHS tapes (generally donated or acquired en masse from other libraries to

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Mike Tribby
Message- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jessica Rosner Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 9:47 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos Doesn't anyone watch Citizen Kane or 8 1/2

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Dorfman, Andrew
: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos Doesn't anyone watch Citizen Kane or 8 1/2 anymore? On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Pearson, Jeffrey jwpea...@umich.edumailto:jwpea...@umich.edu wrote: OK, here is our top 20. Multiple copies not combined, which accounts for Amelie at both 4 and 14 (total 531

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Jessica Rosner
: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos ** ** Doesn't anyone watch Citizen Kane or 8 1/2 anymore? On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Pearson, Jeffrey jwpea...@umich.edu wrote: OK, here is our top 20. Multiple copies not combined, which accounts for Amelie at both 4 and 14 (total

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Susan Albrecht
-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Foster, Jennifer Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 10:50 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos As I was new to media when I joined this library 2 ½ years ago, I

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread Jane Blume
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 8:39 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos Impressive list. Hey never knock a Dirty Harry film though the original remains the best. On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dorfman, Andrew adorf...@regis.edumailto:adorf

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread John Vallier
And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT = 581 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - CHKOUT = 487 BIG LEBOWSKI - CHKOUT = 459 MULAN - CHKOUT = 445 RUSHMORE - CHKOUT = 419 CASABLANCA - CHKOUT = 408 HIGH FIDELITY - CHKOUT = 406 ERIN BROCKOVICH - CHKOUT = 401

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread ghandman
And if there's a logical or common thread in that list, John, I'll be damned! (not excepting the two forlorn documentaries in the group) gary And here's UW Seattle's top 20 circs, multiple copies not combined. THE STORY OF VINH - CHKOUT = 581 SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE - CHKOUT = 487 BIG

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-18 Thread CAPLAN Victoria F
Hi all, This is fun. Here's HKUST's top 25 video circulations. They are all feature films, except for an Eric Clapton video. I think our top circulating documentary is The Gate of Heavenly Peace - Carma Hinton's doc about June Fourth. Our VHS version has circulated 384 times; the DVD that we

[Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Deg Farrelly
An interesting bit of data (I think) A couple weeks ago I found myself wondering, for no apparent reason, what our most used videos are. So I asked our head of Access Services (Circulation) to run a list for me. From a list of all the videos in all the locations in ASU Libraries, she

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread ghandman
FO-REST GUP?...there is positively no hope for this generation. gary An interesting bit of data (I think) A couple weeks ago I found myself wondering, for no apparent reason, what our most used videos are. So I asked our head of Access Services (Circulation) to run a list for me.

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Brewer, Michael
Subject: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos An interesting bit of data (I think) A couple weeks ago I found myself wondering, for no apparent reason, what our most used videos are. So I asked our head of Access Services (Circulation) to run a list for me. From a list of all the videos in all

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Wochna, Lorraine
Hi deg, I do this kind of thing. From here would you use this info to PR your collection or get any other information that patrons might find useful? Or PR the titles that are not in the top 250, but are in other 'top lists'.Are you going to publish the top 250 or 100? I agree with Gary

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Chris Lewis
I get a VHS and DVD report about once a year - sometimes using different variables. I use it to decide on second copies, streaming title purchases, DVD upgrades, and stuff like that. Our all-time leader had been Titicut Follies for documentaries (Eyes on the Prize next) and Do the Right Thing for

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Jessica Rosner
FOREST GUMP On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu wrote: An interesting bit of data (I think) A couple weeks ago I found myself wondering, for no apparent reason, what our most used videos are. So I asked our head of Access Services (Circulation) to run a

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Williams, Alex O.
Requesting video circulation data is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna' get. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Jessica Rosner jessicapros...@gmail.comwrote: FOREST GUMP On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.eduwrote: An interesting bit

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Brigid Duffy
Maybe it's the neighborhood. We also see a lot of use on the 'Killing Us Softly' - but far more checkouts on Zoot Suit than Forrest Gump. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu On Aug 17, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Deg

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Jessica Rosner
And a lot of MILK too I bet. On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 7:20 PM, Brigid Duffy bdu...@sfsu.edu wrote: Maybe it's the neighborhood. We also see a lot of use on the 'Killing Us Softly' - but far more checkouts on Zoot Suit than Forrest Gump. Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State

Re: [Videolib] Snapshot of highest used videos

2011-08-17 Thread Ball, James (jmb4aw)
I think this year our highest circulating items were Mad Men discs. Last year it was The Wire. Matt __ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu 434-924-3812 On Aug 17, 2011, at 5:19 PM, Deg Farrelly deg.farre...@asu.edu