Regarding educational titles on DVD: They are beginning to be released.
I agree that VHS is not disappearing any time soon. And as much as
librarians dislike the idea, we are all likely to be supporting DVD and
VHS simultaneously. I still have 3/4" U-matic in my collection. That
brings our video formats to four: 3/4", VHS, laserdisc, and DVD. That's
a fact of life for a college or university library. I imagine that public
libraries will be supporting VHS and DVD for many year to come as well.
Instead of "future DVD? Naaa," I say "digital distribution? Naaa." For
lots of reasons, not just intellectual property. -- Kris
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Rick Faaberg wrote:
> On 10/9/2000 12:33 PM, Jessica at jesskino@redconnect.net may have written:
>
> > Doesn't this leave you with a fairly small amount of mostly educational
> > films.
>
> Hi,
>
> (Just had to respond, Mark!)
>
> In K-12 regional media libraries, ALL of our videos are educational. That's
> our mission!
>
> 8^)
>
> Rick
> Northwest Regional ESD
> Oregon, USA
>
>
Kristine R. Brancolini, Director, Digital Library Program
Main Library E170, 1320 E. Tenth Street
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405
Phone: 812.855.3710 | Fax: 812.856.2062 | Web: www.dlib.indiana.edu