Beth that is a lot of VHS tapes, what is the proper disposal for that many tapes? Can you throw them in the trash or do you have to do something environmentally safe with that many tapes?
Patricia Stockwell Head of Technical Services / College Archivist Pikes Peak Community College 5675 S. Academy Blvd. Box 7 Colorado Springs, CO 80906 719-502-3238 patricia.stockw...@ppcc.edu "I like good things - BUT - I prefer God things" -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Beth Traylor Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:11 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] campus support for VHS Hello All, We just found out through an article published in our campus paper that our campus equipment unit will no longer be supporting VHS in the classrooms because it is too hard to fix the VHS decks and because "DVD equipment is easier to use than tape decks; DVDs are more portable; they are more reliable etc.". They also advertised in that same article that they will convert all VHS tapes that faculty use to DVD. They never mentioned anything about copyright - just that "because its for educational use then its ok to do the conversion (for a price)." As far as I can tell they never talked to campus legal either. Needless to say we were surprised (we have over 5000 VHS tapes in our Media collection). Has any other Media unit dealt with this? I seem to remember this thread but could not find it in the archives. Any help would be appreciated. Please feel free to contact me off the list too if you would like. Beth Traylor Media Librarian UW-Milwaukee 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.
