My responses are in red below. I do always try to make sure any media requested by faculty is given priority regarding ordering/cataloging/processing/notification, because that usually means they are hoping to use it as soon as possible. As with most media librarians, I acquire/select materials all over the subject-board, and work with faculty across disciplines. So it's harder to have a nice, straight-forward routine notification process. At the same time, I find myself often dealing with the same faculty from a department, but they aren't necessarily the faculty liaisons tapped for other CD work.
Rue Rue McKenzie Coordinator of Media Collections Academic Resources University of South Florida, Tampa Library 813-974-6342 / rmcken...@usf.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Rosen, Rhonda J. Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:48 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] notice to faculty re video/dvd acquisitions Hi everyone, For the academic university crowd.... I'm curious as to how you notify or if you notify faculty who request that the library purchase a video/dvd. 1. Do you notify the selector when the item has come in? -- Yes, always. 1a) Do you only notify the selector when it is a rush? 2. If you have Faculty library liaisons in each department, do you notify them of new media in their subject area? - I try to notify department reps when possible, but less of a priority. I used to keep a New Media webpage...I haven't switched this over to our Libguide approach yet. I'm only about a year+ behind...:) 2a) if so, do you ask them to spread the word 2b) if not, do you notify the department at large by sending a mass email t to all the profs? 3. Do you notify librarian subject selectors and ask them to forward on the notification? - I work closely with subject selectors, and communicate regularly with them. I'm also a subject selector for electronic and print. 4. Do you rely solely on an online newsletter or monthly acquisitions list for books and media in one? - I guess this would be my "What's New in Media" web-thing, which still need to be reborn. Hopefully the individual e-mails I'm doing now bridge most of the notification needs. 5. Alternatives? Thanks for any responses, Rhonda Rhonda Rosen| Head, Media & Access Services William H. Hannon Library | Loyola Marymount University One LMU Drive, MS 8200 | Los Angeles, CA 90045-2659 rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu| 310/338-4584| http://library.lmu.edu<http://library.lmu.edu/> "You see, I don't believe that libraries should be drab places where people sit in silence, and that's been the main reason for our policy of employing wild animals as librarians." --Monty Python
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.
