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We are the media library on campus, totally separate from the University =
Library, so scheduling and circulating transactions occur at one place - =
ours. Faculty may check out our videos to take to class, may place them =
on hold for students to complete viewing assignments, or may schedule =
them to be played over the closed circuit system into their classroom. =
Students must use all media except audio cassettes in-house. We use =
Voyager's database, but have yet to get the booking/scheduling module to =
operate, so we have not abandoned our traditional phone, in-person, and =
email scheduling system. Also, we have no open stacks and interfile our =
PPR programs with the Home Use ones, making note of the Home Use only =
status (1) in the catalog number of those items, (2) with a Home Use =
Only red sticker on the cassette, and (3) with a restrictions note in =
the MARC record. Scheduling conflicts have rarely been a problem. Good =
luck with your booking and circulation policies.
Gail B. Fedak
Instructional Media Resources
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
phone 615-898-2740
fax 615-898-2530
email gfedak@mtsu.edu
-----Original Message-----
From: SDavies@MtRoyal.AB.CA <SDavies@MtRoyal.AB.CA>
To: Multiple recipients of list <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:50 PM
Subject: Scheduling vs. circulating videos
>
>This is really a philosophical issue rather than a situational one. I =
use
>the words "scheduling" and "booking" interchangeably.
>
>
> Which institutions will circulate videos generally as well as take
>bookings for them?
>
> Currently, and I must admit against my wishes, my institution has =
an
>open collection of videos in the Library. Patrons can browse the =
shelves
>and borrow them from the Circulation Desk, or ask the Media Desk to =
book
>the videos for a particular day and time. These are videos with public
>performance rights (PPR) and are separate from the videos which are
>interfiled in the main stacks and which are for "Home use only".
>
> I'm not aware of a fully automated library which treats its videos =
as
>both circulating and bookable. It's usually one or the other, or the =
video
>collection is split into the bookable and non-bookable. Here, the =
booking
>has been a manual process up until now. You will wonder how we avoid
>conflicts. It is cumbersome to process booking requests with any
>guarantee, and we've just been trusting to luck. In addition to an =
item
>being bookable at Media, a patron can ask for the item to be placed on =
hold
>at Circulation; it's two separate processes. Does this sound like =
madness,
>or what?
>
> We're just learning our Media Scheduling module of Endeavor's =
Voyager
>library system. In order to schedule a video from our Library =
collection,
>the item must have a media type entered. Items with Media types can =
only
>be loaned when scheduled; they cannot be loaned off-the-cuff thru the
>Circulation module unless they have their media type cancelled.
>
> I assume we're at the make-or-break point of pursuing our =
library's
>policy of freely circulating bookable videos. Any contributions for =
our
>discussion would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Stephen Davies
> Library Assistant
> Mount Royal College, Calgary
>
>
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