Earlier this year we removed from our open stacks any VHS tape that had 0 circ since January 1, 2006.
If we had already replaced with DVD, we discarded the tape. We did not discard the other tapes, but moved them into remote storage (In the same building, just not in public space). They show in the catalog as "Storage" and are requestable. Some of these videos ARE being requested and used. We are not returning them to the open stacks if they are used. But after a year we will pull the use data on those programs and most likely replace them with DVDs. I think it is a mistake to assume that no use of something in a format that users no longer have ready access to is an indication that the content has no value. We still have about 75 laserdiscs of titles that have not been released on DVD.... We have a player in the library. We continue to monitor for DVD releases of some of those titles. Perhaps they are candidates for Section 108 copying.... -deg > Indeed, but a title with no use since 2005 or 2000 might be considered pass? > depending on your collection goals. 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.
