Interesting. I was just in Barnes and Noble yesterday, and I was asking the clerk about their av sales. The Blu-Ray is way down - the shelf area is only a little bigger than the cd area. Sales of Blu-Ray - maybe 2 titles a day. DVDs are steady, but dropping, and cds are steady but dropping.
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurora.lib.il.us -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Brigid Duffy Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2010 11:01 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] DVDs Not Quite Ready for the Technology Junk Heap Interesting viewpoint; DVD sales are down, but rentals are not. http://www.kansascity.com/2010/09/21/2241890/dvds-managing-to-hold-off-o bsolescence.html Brigid Duffy Academic Technology San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 94132-4200 E-mail: bdu...@sfsu.edu 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.
