Ben; It's hard for those of us who don't know you to fully evaluate this: "On this alternative level, even our smaller-midlevel libary annual budget" given the non-existent sig line on your posting as it manifest in my email system.
I, as is plainly evident, work for a filthy vendor, so my thoughts are probably suspect when it comes to marketing and market share, but Gary's cautionary note about the relative size of the library segment of the media market is a definite factor in most availability and pricing issues. Mike Tribby Senior Cataloger Quality Books Inc. The Best of America's Independent Presses mailto:mike.tri...@quality-books.com 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.
