Ug! It's interesting having been around a "high-class" institutional joint like Berkeley for so many years. I cannot tell you the number of times I've suspected faculty of using videos as a way of worming out of teaching for one reason or another. At least in those instances the stuff they were showing usually had some intrinsic interest, rather than being a talking head doing the lecturing they should have been doing... Great Courses, indeed!
Gary > Hi everyone, > I've got a faculty who wants to order one of those "Great Courses." I've > tried to avoid them over the years as I consider them more in the talking > heads kind of productions, > And basically a substitute for a teacher, rather than a supplement....but > am I wrong? > > Do any of you purchase them for your collections....they are often like 20 > - ½ hour lectures.....lots of space taken up.... > > Just curious, > 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. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 ghand...@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut 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.
