Gail,
We opened up our video collection to our students a few years ago to
meet student demand. Like you
we still have closed stacks but all of our titles are searchable in the
online catalog. We circulate video titles
to students for 3 days and faculty and staff for 7 days with the
possibility of renewal. We have very few
problems with titles being overdue or not coming back from the students.
Students still have the
option to view titles in-house. The only titles that don't circulate to
students are those that are put on
Reserve for the semester. This new service was very well received by
students.
I hope this helps
Beth Traylor
Multimedia Librarian
UWM Libraries
Gail Fedak wrote:
>We house our AV collection in closed stacks with only audio materials
>circulating to all patrons. While faculty may check out video and computer
>materials, students must use them in-house. I, too, am entertaining the idea
>of circulating our video collection to students on a limited basis and would
>be interested in hearing the experiences of other academic libraries who
>currently circulate AV materials.
>Thanks,
>Gail B. Fedak
>Manager, 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: "Margaret Porter" <gporter@nd.edu>
>To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:32 AM
>Subject: [Videolib] Open stacks and circulation of video collections
>
>
>
>
>>Dear colleagues,
>>
>>At the University of Notre dame the collection of visual material,
>>primarily VHS and DVD, has been non-circulating and closed stacks. We are
>>considering making the collection circulating and possibly open stacks.
>>
>>
>At
>
>
>>the moment we have slightly more than 7,500 items in the collection. I'd
>>like to hear from other academic libraries regarding problems, advantages,
>>policies and procedures both in terms of circulation and open
>>stacks. Please respond off-list unless this is a topic of interest to
>>
>>
>many
>
>
>>people.
>>Thank you so much in advance.
>>Best,
>>Margaret
>>
>>***************************************************************
>>G. Margaret Porter
>>Librarian, Reference Department
>>University of Notre Dame
>>Notre Dame IN 46556
>>
>>Phone:574-631-7620
>>Fax: 574-631-8887
>>E-Mail: porter.2@nd.edu
>>
>>
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We house our AV collection in closed stacks with only audio materials circulating to all patrons. While faculty may check out video and computer materials, students must use them in-house. I, too, am entertaining the idea of circulating our video collection to students on a limited basis and would be interested in hearing the experiences of other academic libraries who currently circulate AV materials. Thanks, Gail B. Fedak Manager, 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: "Margaret Porter" <gporter@nd.edu> To: <videolib@library.berkeley.edu> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 9:32 AM Subject: [Videolib] Open stacks and circulation of video collectionsDear colleagues, At the University of Notre dame the collection of visual material, primarily VHS and DVD, has been non-circulating and closed stacks. We are considering making the collection circulating and possibly open stacks.Atthe moment we have slightly more than 7,500 items in the collection. I'd like to hear from other academic libraries regarding problems, advantages, policies and procedures both in terms of circulation and open stacks. Please respond off-list unless this is a topic of interest tomanypeople. Thank you so much in advance. Best, Margaret *************************************************************** G. Margaret Porter Librarian, Reference Department University of Notre Dame Notre Dame IN 46556 Phone:574-631-7620 Fax: 574-631-8887 E-Mail: porter.2@nd.edu _______________________________________________ Videolib mailing list Videolib@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib_______________________________________________ Videolib mailing list Videolib@library.berkeley.edu http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/videolib
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