Jodie Congratulations on this arduous task.
If you have a list of VHS tapes in your collection that your due diligence shows are not available for purchase on DVD, that would be extremely useful to me. I assume others would find it useful too. Section 108 of US Copyright law permits duplication of a (lost, damaged, stolen, deteriorating, or obsolete format) title if an unused copy is not available for purchase (at a reasonable price, after a reasonable search). Having a list of already searched titles would be very useful. I know that Chris Lewis maintains a wiki of titles not released on DVD, but I think these are mostly feature filmsŠ. deg farrelly, Media Librarian Arizona State University Libraries Hayden Library C1H1 P.O. Box 871006 Tempe, Arizona 85287-1006 Phone: 602.332.3103 --- http://tinyurl.com/AboutNMM 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 10/15/13 10:42 AM, "videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu" <videolib-requ...@lists.berkeley.edu> wrote: > >I just want to throw this out there, but if anyone is starting a VHS >weeding >project and needs help getting started, please contact me off list. I just >completed a major weed of our entire VHS collection and acquiring DVD >replacements for some of the VHS. We started with over 6,000 VHS tapes, >weeded over half of the collection, and replaced a good percentage of what >was leftover with DVDs. Pretty much the only VHS that are left are highly >used titles that are not available on DVD. I would be more than happy to >talk about the method behind my madness. :) > >Jodie > >________________________________________ >? >Jodie L. Borgerding, M.L.S. 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.
