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Article Excerpt
About 3 years ago, a law professor at Rutgers University School of Law, where I work as digital services librarian, asked me if law faculty members could record the audio and video of class lectures and share them in an open or protected online website for the public or for students to view or listen to at any time. I spent months researching commercial products, and I found they were well beyond my budget. I had to come up with my own repository system, so I did just that. Two years later, after hundreds of recordings by almost all faculty members in the law school, the system is a success. Now used daily, students, faculty, and the law library employees all love it.
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A Brief Review of A/V Services in Libraries
Starting in the 1960s, libraries began offering audio and videotapes to serve patrons' media needs. Almost all the recordings were made by commercial studios using analog equipment. Tapes were the containers for both audio and video content, requiring patrons to find reel-to-reel and VHS tape players. As they typically did not have this expensive and specialized equipment, patrons needed to stop by the library to view any recordings.
In the 1990s, some schools installed analog recording systems in classrooms to record activities or lectures on VHS tapes. Although common items in the library circulation department, patrons rarely used these recordings due to the inconvenience of having to stop by the library.
In the late 1990s, the internet changed everything. Libraries were excited at...
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