For us, Matthew, it's more about a dearth of players. To my knowledge, we have only ONE blu-ray player on campus. It's well placed, since it's in the room most frequently used for public screenings and for film studies courses, but since it's the only one (we don't even have one here in our library), we have avoided purchasing blu-ray discs. (The film studies folks tend to buy their own to use with their students.)
I wouldn't mind seeing us add a blu-ray player or two, but I'm NOT going to start replacing standard DVD with blu-ray in the collection - I can't even afford to upgrade as many VHS tapes to DVDs as I want to. And heck, I'm still most concerned about making sure IT doesn't ditch our VCRs without notice! I have been frustrated on occasion by having to purchase combo packs in order to acquire standard DVDs. Susan Susan Albrecht Library Acquisitions Manager Wabash College Lilly Library 765-361-6216 765-361-6295 fax albre...@wabash.edu www.facebook.com/wabashcollegelibrary.films http://pinterest.com/wabashcolllib/ ******************************************************************* "If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice." --Neil Peart ******************************************************************* -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Windsor, Matthew Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 3:17 PM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: Re: [Videolib] Blue Ray Questions A related question: I would be interested to know if academic libraries are passing on Blu-ray media due to the lack of players (as Deg mentioned) or because they were burnt on laserdisc adoption in the eighties (or HD DVDs in the Blu-Ray war). Matthew 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.
