As a newbie to this list (which I heard about at the excellent Video Roundtable session at ALA) and to video librarianship, I appreciate the useful information contained in this discussion. I was not aware of the significant costs incurred to convert formats. Our library as well has had the discussion of how to replace/discard/reformat VHS holdings. In fact, our penultimate VHS player was carted out to the dumpster last year, pleading for clemency, over futile protests from our Tech Services team. The only player that remains is in a study carrel in the library, not particularly useful for classroom presentation.
Does anyone have comments/suggestions on the conversion implications based on Canadian copyright law? Lisa Wakefield Library Multimedia & Cataloguing Assistant | Library Information Common Red Deer College | 100 College Blvd | Box 5005 | Red Deer | Alberta | T4N 5H5 work 403.342-3352 | fax 403.346.8500 www.rdc.ab.ca | when you get here you understand
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.
