Hi Becky, Can you please give a link for this dispenser - it's news to me! I can only imagine a vendng machine! Like Red Box! And maybe explain your concomitant joy and dread over using it! And don't people fight each other to access this dispenser?
And why is your cut off date 1950? That seems arbitrary! Thanks! Elizabeth McMahon On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Tatar, Becky < blt...@aurorapubliclibrary.org> wrote: > 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 > > --------------------------- > > 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 > > NOTE: PART TIME SCHEDULE Monday-Thurs 8AM-2PM > > 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. > > -- Elizabeth
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.
