The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection Export

@article{citeulike:157416, abstract = {What happened when an educational video collection arrived on an academic library's doorstep? Decisions about cataloging, processing, shelving, and circulation inevitably followed, but equally important was providing uninterrupted access for the collection's borrowers. Although the relocation plan devised by the library director and circulation librarian retained the "new" collection's unique classification scheme and kept it shelved apart from the library's video collection for at least 1 year, after Technical Services librarians joined the discussion, they proposed immediate and full integration. Their strategy included extensive communication with the videos' borrowers as the collection arrived in the library. Relocating the videos to the library dramatically improved access and circulation.}, author = {Merry, Lois K.}, citeulike-article-id = {157416}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcats.2004.05.005}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VSH-4CS27SH-1/2/2cbd06d0bdb4e2fa7821d90247f7482a}, doi = {10.1016/j.lcats.2004.05.005}, journal = {Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services}, keywords = {learning\_commons, media}, month = {}, number = {3}, pages = {298--311}, posted-at = {2009-04-20 21:47:09}, priority = {2}, title = {The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcats.2004.05.005}, volume = {28}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:157416 L3 - citeulike-article-id:157416 N2 - What happened when an educational video collection arrived on an academic library's doorstep? Decisions about cataloging, processing, shelving, and circulation inevitably followed, but equally important was providing uninterrupted access for the collection's borrowers. Although the relocation plan devised by the library director and circulation librarian retained the "new" collection's unique classification scheme and kept it shelved apart from the library's video collection for at least 1 year, after Technical Services librarians joined the discussion, they proposed immediate and full integration. Their strategy included extensive communication with the videos' borrowers as the collection arrived in the library. Relocating the videos to the library dramatically improved access and circulation. IS - 3 JF - Library Collections, Acquisitions, and Technical Services EP - 311 TI - The devil in the details: An academic library acquires a video collection VL - 28 SP - 298 KW - learning_commons KW - media AU - Merry, Lois PY - 2004/00// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lcats.2004.05.005 ER -