Hi Benjamin Berkeley's answers:
Does your library still order DVD's primarily, or have you switched to online collections? Berkeley collects video materials based on the short- and long-term value of these resources to teaching and scholarship. We license materials for online delivery where these primary goals can be best met by streaming (and when the audience size justifies it). In other words, we select content first and only then do we determine the best mode of delivery. We have about 30K DVDs and 100 streamed titles, so you can do the math. Have you increased, decreased, or held steady your expenditures on videos? The overall library budget has decreased over the past few years, media included. In general, though, the video/media budget have been fairly stable. Have you used any unorthodox methods for delivering video content to your users, such as Netflix? No. We only acquire stuff--either in physical or online form--that can be inventoried and cataloged. I have a major problem with the library underwriting the purchase of ephemera... gary > Dear Colleagues, > > > > Our library is in the process of reviewing its policy for its video > collection. We are interested in finding out how other academic > libraries are dealing with this rapidly-changing area. > > > > Specifically, I am interested in the following: > > > > * Does your library still order DVD's primarily, or have you > switched to online collections? > * Have you increased, decreased, or held steady your expenditures > on videos? > * Have you used any unorthodox methods for delivering video > content to your users, such as Netflix? > > > > Any feedback you can give on questions such as these would be greatly > appreciated. > > > > Benjamin Turner > > Assistant Professor, Instructional Services > > St. John's University Libraries > > turn...@stjohns.edu > > 718.990.5562 > > > > 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.
