I suspect that the lack of focus on media services in campus tours is as much an issue of the * library's * focus on what matters.
It is well known that historically libraries have treated media as 2nd class citizens (the red-haired stepchild as I call it). Collections get short shrift in budget, in cataloging, in building placement, as resources for research, in access (closed-stacks, anyone?) Libraries often have a say in how they are covered in tours, and provide talking points. If the media collection is not covered on the tour or interview process, it often is because the library has not highlighted it. Same with Dennis' comment about university presidents and funding. The funding is there, but libraries don't put it towards media needsŠ. Again because that $5000 towards media titles in one time purchase is not as important as that $5000 a year science journal. -deg deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- To market, to market, to find some fresh filmŠ I'm attending the 2013 National Media Market, November 3-7 In Charleston, South Carolina. See you there? On 4/12/13 10:40 AM, "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >Looking back on those visits, I realize that Dennis is right - really, no >one specifically discussed AV services! A few mentioned IT, most >stressed and featured the library/libraries, but there wasn't much >reference at all to film or AV services. 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.
