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Discussion: What if we do nothing about AV?
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 Auger |
What if we do nothing about AV?
Feb 13 2008, 11:09 AM EST The music and movie industries are changing and we aren't. While we buy media shelving and Alpha security cases, the bottom is falling out of the old music and movie markets. We, and other brick-and-mortar retailers, are being bypassed in favor of models that deliver product directly to users, a song or a movie at a time. iTunes has sold billions of cuts; Tower Records went bankrupt. Have we NOTICED? How do we become part of the new model? Netflix is streaming movies directly to customers and will soon be offering a set-top box to get it to their wide-screen TVs. A substantial part of our circulation is media, how about yours? What'll it look like if five years if we do nothing? And what about this Kindle thingee? Amazon is blazing a trail right around us. 5 out of 7 found this valuable. Do you? |
 AnaisRapunzel |
RE: What if we do nothing about AV?
Apr 3 2008, 10:30 AM EDT Columbus Metropolitan Library has chosen to not purchase in AV -- particularly DVDs and music CDs -- and they have 24 to 36-hour turn around from receipt to delivery to patrons! It makes a lot sense to me. And think of what you save on labels, supplies and time and theft or loss! AV is a huge drain on our budgets in many ways. We say that is what our patrons want -- but what if we only offer those avaiable through download through services such as OverDrive or MyLibraryDV and not the physical? That seems to be the way that music and video will be supplied in the future and a could method for libraries. Work on providing access to these materials rather than supplying the content. 3 out of 3 found this valuable. Do you? |
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homegirl2180 homegirl2180 |
RE: What if we do nothing about AV?
Jun 4 2008, 6:34 PM EDT I love the idea of being "paperless or disc-less" with our materials. It is a big drain. One thing that I've always been proud of about the library though is that will fill in a lot of the technology gaps, the lower socioeconomic levels and the elderly. If we keep up, we are leaving them behind. Not everyone has high speed internet to stream library movies onto computers they don't have. I think the library should always reach out to the less tech savvy and help them join in. But it is true, something needs to be down. The DVD disc is going to die in the next few years as companies have stopped funding HD DVD in favor of Blu ray.... Do you find this valuable? |