VIDEOLIB Archive: RE: [Videolib] Media Center services

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Hi, I'm Jim Scholtz and I'm the director of a public librayr in South
Dakota, although I've been a library director in a couple of college
libraries/media centers as well. I also write a good deal (books and
journal articles) about video in libraries. That said, I see your need for
information gathered from other college/university libraries as a
comparison. But "thinking outside-of-the-box" I ask "why do you need to
compare?" Have you assessed the current needs of your clientele - students,
faculty and staff? What kind of services do they want and need from a media
center? What services can you provide within the confines of your budget
and facility/equipment orientation? Those facts will serve to designate
what services you provide better than saying that X college doesn't provide
this so we're not going to - rationale. Most colleges provide individual
viewings - on demand or booked (that means that you have to provide a
booking system - does your existing circulation system have a media booking
module?); they provide duplication services (DVD/CD duplication, old-type
transparencies; they will have to provide media-on-demand/videostreaming and
downloading of music/audio in the near future; rental loan of video
equipment from digital cameras, to video projectors, laptops, portable audio
sound systems, reserve shelf (sometimes this function is integrated with the
main library). Will you be charging for any of these services on a per
incident basis for cost recovery or for an entreprenurial activity? For
example, at our library we have purchased a couple of DVD/CD cleaning/repair
machines and charge for repairing discs - we even have a contract with a
couple of video rental stores to repair all of their games/DVDs and CDs (we
make about $500-600 per month!) Would you want to provide a service like
this for students/faculty/your community? As a library director, I
frequently did copyright searches for faculty/staff dong research, creating
media presentations for classes when information wouldn't be covered by fair
use/educational exemption - do you/your staff have a need or want to provide
ethis type of service? Media centers have traditionaly offered students the
ability to make various presentations (old school transparencies, dittos,
etc.). Do you or your computer dept. have equipment/staff/knowledge to
allow students to make multi-media presentations using Media Player, Power
DVD Player, Powerpoint, Digital movie making software, software allowing
sound input (voice or audio signal) for a track overlaid onto a Powerpoint
presentation? Is there a need for this type of activity in the curriculum?
Also, do you have equipment to trasfer video to DVD/CD? Are you the
copyright clearinghouse for your school? Just thoughts. Jim Scholtz.
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From: videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-bounces@library.berkeley.edu]On Behalf Of Pamela Sue Reeves
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:07 PM
To: videolib@library.berkeley.edu
Subject: [Videolib] Media Center services

I am the manager of the Media collection in the Libraries, we have a
collection of 5500 titles on video and DVD and 6 media carrels for viewing
our materials along with a small viewing room for around 10 patrons. We
also have an Audio CD collection of around 1000 titles. All items are
available for check out of the library. We are located right across from
the Computer lab and patrons can use the computers for listening and
viewing.

I have been charged with gathering data on Media Centers and the
facilities and services that they offer in hopes of expanding our services
we offer students, faculty and staff.

What types of equipment, services do you offer? Any help would be
appreciated, and if anybody is close enough we would love to visit.

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Hi,=20 I'm Jim Scholtz and I'm the director of a public librayr in South = Dakota,=20 although I've been a library director in a couple of college = libraries/media=20 centers as well. I also write a good deal (books and journal = articles)=20 about video in libraries. That said, I see your need for = information=20 gathered from other college/university libraries as a comparison. = But=20 "thinking outside-of-the-box" I ask "why do you need to compare?" = Have you=20 assessed the current needs of your clientele - students, faculty and=20 staff? What kind of services do they want and need from a media=20 center? What services can you provide within the confines of your = budget=20 and facility/equipment orientation? Those facts will serve to = designate what services you provide better than saying that X = college=20 doesn't provide this so we're not going to - rationale. Most = colleges=20 provide individual viewings - on demand or booked (that means that = you have=20 to provide a booking system - does your existing circulation system have = a media=20 booking module?); they provide duplication services (DVD/CD duplication, = old-type transparencies; they will have to provide=20 media-on-demand/videostreaming and downloading of music/audio in the = near=20 future; rental loan of video equipment from digital cameras, to = video=20 projectors, laptops, portable audio sound systems, reserve shelf = (sometimes this=20 function is integrated with the main library). Will you be = charging for=20 any of these services on a per incident basis for cost recovery or for = an=20 entreprenurial activity? For example, at our library we have = purchased a=20 couple of DVD/CD cleaning/repair machines and charge for repairing discs = - we=20 even have a contract with a couple of video rental stores to repair all = of their=20 games/DVDs and CDs (we make about $500-600 per month!) Would you = want to=20 provide a service like this for students/faculty/your = community? As=20 a library director, I frequently did copyright searches for = faculty/staff=20 dong research, creating media presentations for classes when information = wouldn't be covered by fair use/educational exemption - do you/your = staff have a=20 need or want to provide ethis type of service? Media centers have=20 traditionaly offered students the ability to make various presentations = (old=20 school transparencies, dittos, etc.). Do you or your computer = dept.=20 have equipment/staff/knowledge to allow students to make multi-media=20 presentations using Media Player, Power DVD Player, Powerpoint, Digital = movie=20 making software, software allowing sound input (voice or audio signal) = for a=20 track overlaid onto a Powerpoint presentation? Is there a need for = this=20 type of activity in the curriculum? Also, do you have equipment to = trasfer=20 video to DVD/CD? Are you the copyright clearinghouse for your=20 school? Just thoughts. Jim Scholtz.