Thanks, Gary. Definitely not looking at adding staff --no matter how much I wish. Rhonda
-----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of ghand...@library.berkeley.edu Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 8:19 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] media workflow change Hey ho, Rhonda We have around 200 streamed titles (both licensed and open source) and it has changed little here in terms of workflow... If the stuff in question is to be digitized in-house (i.e. rather than accessed via a distributor's remote site), it does put a burden on staff time. There is also some time required to answer tech (access) questions from patrons. And then there's the matter of cataloging (a not inconsiderable demand on staff time) Generally, however, and in the long-term, very little. Let's put it this way, I definitely couldn't make a plausible pitch for more staff based on the added requirements of going online, and going in that direction certainly hasn't decreased staffing requirements, either. gary > Hi, > > 1.) I’m interesting in how moving from VHS/DVD to streaming changed your > media department workflow. For any of you who have moved this way, have > you needed more staff or less ? > > > > And > > 2) In this time of budget tightening, How has the personnel structure of > your media department changed? > > 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 > > "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. > 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. 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.
