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River Campus Libraries
Creating an Alternative Video and DVD Catalog
Nora DimmockMedia Librarian, Multimedia Center [email protected]
Jeff SuszczynskiSenior Web [email protected]
The Multimedia Center
MMC Collections
Responding to our Users
Student Senate representatives ask for help in establishing a DVD collection for recreational viewing
The Senate contributes $10,000 towards the collection
The library agrees to purchase, process and circulate the collection through the Multimedia Center
Student DVD collection
The Back Room
DVDs and Videos
Finding DVDs in Voyager (UR’s Library Catalog) just didn’t cut it.
Not browse-able Cumbersome limits page to work through Demo
DVDs and Videos
Created a separate interface Search by keyword Browse by title, genre, language, and
director Customized metadata display on results
screen
Automated system with data maintained in Voyager
Demo
Web Server
MS SQL
ColdFusion
DVDs and Videos
Voyager (Library Catalog)
Oracle
Web OPAC
PERLcopy
Library website user interface
Record cleanup in VoyagerScheduled PERL script1. Parse the MARC record2. Conditional logic3. Regular expression cleanup4. Save flat-text file
Scheduled ColdFusion script1. Import flat-text file2. Populate SQL database
Cold Fusion UI queries SQL
DVDs and Videos (Phase 2)
Need to provide availability information on result selection screen
Copied data not up-to-the minute Live circulation status on results screen
Web Server
MS SQL
ColdFusion
DVDs and Videos (Phase 2)
Voyager(Library Catalog)
Oracle
Web OPAC
PERL
Library website user interface
Circulation
Status
1. SQL query to local database2. We have BIB and MFHD IDs3. SQL query to Voyager
DVDs and Videos (etc)
Based on “DVDs and Videos,” we built another system called “CDs and Sound Recordings”
Highlights: Staff only access to the physical CDs Record manipulation for ‘Record Store’ subject
browsing Data extraction was similar to “DVDs and
Videos”
Measuring Success
Web Statistics Videos/DVDs List 2004/2005 Academic Year
12099
10930
15065
16897
14339
13092
14282
15135
13951 13741
10142
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Can we handle this?
Multimedia Center Circulation Desk Transactions by Year
4382
27050
42076
39125
0
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15000
20000
25000
30000
35000
40000
45000
2000/2001 2001/2002 2003/2004 2004/2005
A Few More Numbers…
The current Student DVD collection has 1,866 DVDS
They have circulated a total of 93,475 times!
170 out of 171 students surveyed said the Video DVD collection was a good use of SA funds.
Top 10 DVDs
1. Chocolat2. English Patient3. Monster’s Ball4. Big Lebowski5. Seven6. Training Day7. Spy Game8. Family Man9. American Beauty10.Traffic
River Campus Libraries
Creating an Alternative Video and DVD Catalog
Nora DimmockMedia Librarian, Multimedia Center [email protected]
Jeff SuszczynskiSenior Web [email protected]
