[Videolib] On collecting TV....

If we don't collect it, who will?

I recently was reassigned (1/4 time) to support the Film and Media Studies program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences on the Tempe campus.

Yesterday, for the first time, I saw the programs private library of DVDs (and a few shelves of 16mm prints - including a favorite: Storm Center). Impressive. But who has access to this content? The faculty only. Not even viewing facilities for students in the program.

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deg farrelly, Associate Librarian
Arizona State University at the West campus
PO Box 37100
Phoenix, Arizona  85069-7100
Phone:  602.543.8522
Email:  deg.farrelly@asu.edu
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