The fact is, we're living in a post-print society. Insitutions that don't catch
on to the fact are doomed to be marginalized or shut down completely.
Gary Handman
Quoting Amanda Ros <tsav@jgrls.org>:
> Mike,
>
> Videos continue to circulate at a fairly steady pace in 7 of our 8
> branches. While we are not purchasing videos, patrons are donating them
> left and right--presumably because they are replacing them with DVD's or
> their kids have outgrown the cartoons.
>
> ALA's decision to exclude VHS appears to me to be a response to the fact
> the VHS is a dying media. It is getting more and more difficult to find
> VHS supplies from our vendors. But, given that libraries still carry
> videos, I think that they should consider addressing them.
>
> I'm curious though. How many of your libraries still have VHS
> collections? Are you (the powers that be) considering dumping the
> collection? If your library doesn't carry VHS but did at 1 time, how
> long ago did you get rid of your VHS collection?
>
> Amanda Ros
> AV Cataloger
> Jackson-George Regional Library
> tsav@jgrls.org
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> [mailto:owner-videolib@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of
> MichaelMay.5652831@bloglines.com
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 2:39 PM
> To: publib@webjunction.org
> Cc: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
> Subject: [Videolib] Nothing about videos in ALA's State of Libraries
> report?
>
> ALA has released its "2007 State of America's Libraries" report:
>
>
>
> http://www.ala.org/2007state
>
>
>
> While DVD circulation has been one of the fastest growing areas at my
> public
> library, the report does not appear to mention video collections or
> services.
>
>
>
> Considering recent stats or trends at your library, do you think videos
> should be mentioned in the 2008 report?
>
>
>
> Mike in Dubuque
>
>
>
>
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> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues
> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control,
> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and
> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective
> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication
> between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and
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