I also work in an academic library where the videos are stored in a
non-public area with no browsing allowed. Covers seem to matter less, and
cataloging matters more--for example, we have patrons that obviously do
keyword searches for "sex"--and end up checking out life sciences videos as
well as what I expect they were looking for.
Sarah Andrews
At 10:15 AM 9/18/2003, you wrote:
>Dear CW;
>
>In recent weeks our crack team of sales professionals have told us that
>libraries are no longer eager to purchase A&E videos. They attribute this
>to the lack of color covers. Apparently their contention is that generic
>covers inhibit sales regardless of content. This seems strange to me because
>when I peruse local public library collections, as I often do, I see lots of
>A&E videos, though sadly not all of them were purchased from QBI. Is our
>sales staff's shared perception correct? How do video librarians (not just
>in the public libraries) feel about this? Strangely (to me anyway) we sell
>an awful lot of Showtime "family" selections, which seem to me to resemble
>live-action Disney product without the gritty reality the Mouseketeer crowd
>usually provides.
>
>
>
>Mike Tribby
>Senior Cataloger
>Quality Books Inc.
>The Best of America's Independent Presses
>
>mailto:mike.tribby@quality-books.com
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