A reminder of how much was paid for the FMG collections might be in order. DVDs become awfully expensive if they can't be used. Do you have any vocal faculty who would be happy to request several of these titles for class use?
Donations are always on the bottom of the pile for processing. Barb Bergman | Media Services & Interlibrary Loan Librarian | Minnesota State University, Mankato | (507) 389-5945 | barbara.berg...@mnsu.edu From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Maureen Tripp Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:40 AM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: [Videolib] prioritizing media cataloging As some of you know, I was recently complaining and whining about how our catalog department seems to find media cataloging particularly troublesome, and thus, we have a big back-up of materials. Also, I complained that they didn't want to catalog our FMG Films on Demand items, because it was too much trouble. So, after that, I decided to ask them to catalog the FMG items. They say they can, but I must prioritize-should they concentrate on cataloging the physical media items that we have waiting (several thousand, due to alumni donations) or the FMG collection (also several thousand titles). What do you all think, collective wisdom? Maureen Tripp Media Librarian Iwasaki Library 120 Boylston Street Boston, MA 02116 maureen_tr...@emerson.edu (617)824-8407
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