Debra et al, Can some of you share your VHS replacement criteria. Thanks,
lorraine wochna Ohio U, Alden Library From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Mandel, Debra Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:55 PM To: <videolib@lists.berkeley.edu> Subject: Re: [Videolib] audiocassettes It'a time to withdraw these. Can you adapt your VHS replacement criteria to prioritize which ones you would buy on CD or withdraw? Do you have a classical CD collection already and/or streaming classical music such as NAXOS or ASP? If so, these CDs are superfluos. Demand for CDs at my institution has really slowed because of MP3 revolution and streaming audio. Spoken word is also available on CD. I always get input from faculty before I wholesale withdraw a collection, just so they know, and I inquire what is most needed for teaching and research. I did this with 16mm last year and retained some things they requested. Debra via iPhone On Dec 19, 2012, at 1:16 PM, "Rosen, Rhonda" <rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu<mailto:rhonda.ro...@lmu.edu>> wrote: Hi - For academic libraries....what are you doing with your audiocassette collections? We no longer have players in our media area and obviously the format is obsolete...while I'm actively replacing VHS with DVD - I am not sure I want to go this route with audio.... We have mostly classical music and spoken word. Any ideas? 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<mailto: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.
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.
