We are not 'passing' on Bluray media -- we limit our purchases to those
titles that are especially visual or have been very well restored, such
as BBC Planet Earth-type programs and restorations like the Kubrick
films, or films that are very popular and for which we need multiple
copies. But the reason that we do not purchase more on Bluray has
everything to do with the former (general lack of players / format
adoption by both patrons and classroom technologists) and nothing (at
least to my mind) to do with the latter. Ironically, our (pretty much
dead) laser disc collection is about the same size as our Bluray
collection right now -- around 225 titles -- but we will continue to
grow our Blurays. I see it as a niche supplementary collection, and do
not expect it will ever come close to outpacing standard def DVDs.
--
Meghann Matwichuk, M.S.
Associate Librarian
Film and Video Collection Department
Morris Library, University of Delaware
181 S. College Ave.
Newark, DE 19717
(302) 831-1475
http://www.lib.udel.edu/filmandvideo
On 10/22/2013 3:16 PM, Windsor, Matthew wrote:
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
Matthew Windsor
Systems and Media Services Librarian
Olin C. Bailey Library
Hendrix College
501-450-1287
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