Benjamin,
Middle Tennessee State University's responses:
1. Does your library still order DVDs primarily, or have you switched to
online collections?
We still purchase primarily DVDs. We have not ventured into Blue-Ray,
and our foray into streaming is limited. Our statewide university system
purchased ASP's Theatre in Video collection and a small FMG collection
in perpetuity. The cost to individual institutions was manageable. Our
main library (read really big bucks compared to my budget) has also
purchased ASP's Counseling and American History collections in
perpetuity. I have a problem paying for a title multiple times for any
reason other than replacing lost or damaged physical media, so I've not
purchased single use, semester, one/three year licenses yet. In
perpetuity streaming purchases concern me because someone else besides
me decides when an entire collection I've purchased can go away.
2. Have you increased, decreased, or held steady your expenditures on
videos?
Our overall budget has suffered in the past few years, but so far I've
managed to lessen the effect on media purchases by cutting corners
elsewhere.
3. Have you used any unorthodox methods for delivering video content to
your users, such as Netflix?
We have never rented video titles. If faculty want to rent a title, we
send them back to their departments, which, I suspect, suggest yet
another alternative. I don't foresee changing my mind on rentals.
Good luck with your policy review.
Gail
On 9/7/2010 3:53 PM, Benjamin Turner wrote:
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.
--
Gail B. Fedak
Director, Media Resources
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: 615-898-2899
Fax: 615-898-2530
Email: gfe...@mtsu.edu <mailto:gfe...@mtsu.edu>
Web: www.mtsu.edu/~imr <http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Eimr>
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.
