Video Collection Development in Multi-type Libraries A Handbook--Second Edition

Subjects:

• Library & Information Science » Acquisitions & Collection
• Library & Information Science » Acquisitions & Collection

Reviews:

• Starred Review. Librarians adding video to their collections, particularly is they are doing so reluctantly, need to read this book.... Handman has compiled a comprehensive collection of experience and insight from more than two dozen librarians on policies, issues, and resources necessary to build useful video collections in school, public, academic, and special libraries.... Even experienced media and collection development librarians will find new and helpful information and resources here. This is an essential purchase for all public and academic libraries.
  —Library Journal September 1, 2002
• Librarians adding video to their collections, particularly if they are doing so reluctantly, need to read this book.... Handman has compiled a comprehensive collection of experience and insight from more than two dozen librarians on policies, issues, and resources necessary to build useful video collections in school, public, academic, and special libraries.... Even experienced media and collection development librarians will find new and helpful information and resources here. This is an essential purchase for all public and academic libraries.
  —Professional Media September 2002
• Video collection for libraries is a complicated matter. This new edition of Handman's work can help librarians, administrators, students, and video aficionados make sense of the issues and practices that confront anyone utilizing video for business or pleasure.... Should be required reading for everyone who has to negotiate the video maze.
  —Booklist/Professional Reading December 1, 2002
• Divided into seven sections, with chapters exploring the nature of video; the differences in video collection development at the public, school, and academic library levels; specialized collections and special user needs; policies, criteria, and methods for selecting, evaluating and acquiring video; contrasting looks at the home and and institutional video markets; reference tools and other resources; and speculations about the future, this weighty tome (in both senses) combines stiring philosophical arguments underscoring the importance of video collections in libraries, as well as a treasure chest of practical tips and techniques for the working video librarian. Highly recommended.
  —Video Librarian July-August 2002
• This collection of essays is an excellent grounding in the fast-evolving field of media as found in today's expanding library.
  —ARBA 2003 2003

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Moving with the Image: Some Millennial Thoughts about Video in Libraries and Librarians by Gary P. Handman
• The Nature of Video in Libraries
• Watch This, It's Good for You: Thoughts of Video and Libraries by Walt Crawford
• The Wide Angle: Video Collection in Multiple Contexts
• Public Library Video Collections by Michael Vollmar-Grone
• School Library Video Collections by Cassandra Keith
• Video Collections in Academic Libraries by Kristine R. Brancolini
• The Expanding Domain of Health-Content Video Collections by Anita Ondrusek and Suzanne Crow
• Close Focus: Specialized Collections and Special User Needs
• Video Services for the Deaf by Thomas R. Harrington
• Accessible Video Services for People Who Are Blind or Visually Impaired by Mary Watkins and Kim Charlson
• Accessing Primary Source Public Affairs Programming by Robert X. Browning
• Cultural Diversity and Video Collecting by Chris Lewis and Anita Vogelsong
• Cinema Collections: Public Libraries by Randy Pitman
• Cinema Collections: Academic Libraries by Oksana Dykyj
• Preserving the Image: Video Preservation by Jeff Clark
• Laying the Ground Rules, Picking What Plays: Policies, Criteria, and Methods for Selecting, Evaluating, and Aquiring Video
• Developing Video Collection Development Policies to Accommodate Existing and New Technologies by James C. Scholtz
• Some Guidelines for Evaluating Nontheatrical Videos by Beth Blenz-Clucas
• The Rights Stuff: Video Copyright and Collection Development by Gary P. Handman
• Behind the Box Office: The Nature of the Video Market
• A Primer on the Home Video Market by Debra Franco
• Program Rights, or Answers to the Question, "Why Can't I Buy That Program?" by Jon Cecil
• Resources
• Video Reference Tools and Selection Aids by Rebecca Albitz
• Screening Differences: Resources for Building Culturally Diverse Video Collections by Gary P. Handman
• Sources for Finding Alternative Media by Nancy Goldman and Jason Sanders
• Sources of Stock and Archival Footage by Helene Whitson
• Video and Film: Associations, Organizations, and Discussion Lists by Gary P. Handman
• Fast Forward: The Future of Moving Image Distribution and Access
• DVD: Not If But When by Kristine R. Brancolini
• Video Collections into the Future by Rick Provine