Would you take a public library? We used to have security cases, and people still stole them. We now have DVD dispensers, and the new movies and tv shows go in them. My cut off date for movies is 1950, so everything since then is in a dispenser, with some exceptions for award winners (Gone with the Wind and the like). Silent movies, foreign films, Spanish language collection and nonfiction are not in the dispensers, because, for the most part, people don’t steal those. I know in a college library, the nonfiction may be more theft worthy, though. When the dispensers work, they are wonderful, when they don’t, give me a sledgehammer, please. GRR. Right now we’re waiting on a new disc drive, so over 1/3 of the collection is inaccessible. Hope this helps.
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 101 S. River Street Aurora, IL 60506 Phone: 630-264-4116 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org www.aurorapubliclibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Gisele Genevieve Tanasse Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 10:51 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] When to put DVDs in security cases? Sending on behalf of Pamela Bristah, pbris...@wellesley.edu<mailto:pbris...@wellesley.edu> --------------------------- Dear Collective Wisdom, Our library DVDs are open-stack, in security cases. We'd like to save money by not casing all our DVDs. Have other academic libraries tried this? If so, what categories of DVDs do you case, and which do you leave un-cased? And, how has this worked out for you? We're particularly interested in responses from schools like Wellesley-- liberal arts colleges not in major cities-- but would love to hear your story, whatever kind of school yours is. many thanks, Pamela -------------------------------- Gisèle Tanasse Head, Media Resources Center 150 Moffitt Library #6000 University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000 PH: 510-642-8197 BCAL: nerdpo...@berkeley.edu<mailto:nerdpo...@berkeley.edu> NOTE: PART TIME SCHEDULE Monday-Thurs 8AM-2PM
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