Error during command authentication.

Error - unable to initiate communication with LISTSERV (errno=10061, phase=CONNECT, target=127.0.0.1:2306). The server is probably not started. LISTSERV 16.5 - ARLIS-L Archives

Print

Print
Dear Karen

About 2 years ago I set out to assess our VHS collection. It was a multipart project. 

First we assessed the usage from our stats and reordered those heavily used titles in DVD format. This was relatively easy for the commercially obtainable videos but not the others. 

Then we assessed if they title was in some way unique in our collection and had to be replaced with DVD. The others we felt were either not being used or not essential to our collection we withdrew. There were some that we sent to our Special Collections Department as well.

There is a small number of videos left which we cannot find replacements for on DVD which will need to be digitised by us, and we are currently seeking clearance and approval from the relevant copyright holders.

Hope this helps?

I am also aware that we should also be considering streaming, but I felt that there was an urgency to replace the old and failing VHS tapes ASAP.

Regards
Solvej


From: "Maria E. Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: "Maria E. Gonzalez" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday 22 October 2014 10:03 PM
To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [ARLIS-L] VHS Collections

Excellent idea...and here is link to many of those resources on CoOL
http://cool.conservation-us.org/bytopic/video/

Maria

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:40 PM, Katya Pereyaslavska <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Hi Karen,

I would also look at preservation methods + retention of players as well as considerations for accessibility (captioning).

Katya

Accessibility Librarian
Scholars Portal, OCUL

On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Karen Caputo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi, 

I am assessing the VHS collection of an art museum library for my MLIS practicum and I am hoping for some insight from other libraries. Do your art libraries still have VHS collections? If so, do you plan to keep these VHS collections? Are you weeding these collections? Are you replacing or planning to replace VHS tapes with DVDs or making other digitization efforts?

Any information on what other libraries are doing with their VHS collections would be very helpful!

Thank you!

Karen Caputo
MLIS Student, Kent State University

[log in to unmask]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN

This e-mail is subject to the UCT ICT policies and e-mail disclaimer published on our website at http://www.uct.ac.za/about/policies/emaildisclaimer/ or obtainable from +27 21 650 9111. This e-mail is intended only for the person(s) to whom it is addressed. If the e-mail has reached you in error, please notify the author. If you are not the intended recipient of the e-mail you may not use, disclose, copy, redirect or print the content. If this e-mail is not related to the business of UCT it is sent by the sender in the sender's individual capacity.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~