Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-14 Thread elizabeth mcmahon
: 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

[Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Rosen, Rhonda J.
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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Griest, Bryan
, 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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Pat Mcgee
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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Tiffany Hudson
@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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Troy Davis
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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread Dorfman, Andrew
...@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

Re: [Videolib] great courses

2011-09-13 Thread CAPLAN Victoria F
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