We watch all newly acquired videos for about the first 5-10 minutes. We find that most defects show up in these first few minutes. Generally, a student worker here in AV checks them, or other full time AV staff will pitch in as time permits.
We find lots of defective material that way and are able to quickly get replacement copies before the items get cataloged and put on the shelf. This is a necessary job and we've been doing it for years and will continue to do so.
Sally S. Wellman
Assistant Coordinator, Special Services
& Manager, Audiovisual Resource Center
State Library of Louisiana
Attend the National Media Market in Las Vegas
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2, 2005
http://www.nmm.net
At 11:09 AM 4/1/2005, you wrote:
Hello all,
just a quick question for this happy Friday: Who in your library
previews your videos (meaning quaily control after you have purchased,
not evailuate for possible purchase)? Here it has been tradionally done
by our Media Circulation department, but our dean just informed my boss
that he does not want us previewing materials any more. I, in the hope
of providing a convincing argument against this new policy, would like
to get a handle on how other libraries do what I think is a necessary
part of our job
thanks
jhs.
John H. Streepy
Media Assistant III
Library-Media Circulation
James E. Brooks Library
Central Washington University
400 East University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926-7548
(509) 963-2861
http://www.lib.cwu.edu/media
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