Juggling a New Format with Existing Tools: Incorporating Streaming Video into Technical Services Workflows

Abstract

The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) Libraries have experienced a surge in streaming video requests in the past few years. Like others, UNC's Technical Services department has found new ways to manage procedures and workflows associated with this format. This session covered the experiences and strategies of the presenters for handling streaming video databases, licensed content ripped from DVD, firm orders, and multiyear streaming licenses.

The library has infinite streaming content, but are users infinitely content? The library catalog vs. vendor platform discovery

“…Technical specifications including ease of integration into online courses and ease of use with multiple viewing devices are also addressed (Wong, 2014). Cases studies with workflow issues are reported by several authors (Leffler, Hayden & Enoch, 2017;Shephard, 2003;Wahl, 2017).…”

Running up the hill – long-term streaming video pilots: process, analysis and outcomes

“…Mary Wahl describes the effort at Oviatt Library at California State University Northridge to design a workflow decision tree to aid the library in identifying the logical paths for acquiring streaming video (Wahl, 2017). Integrating streaming video into technical services work was also discussed in a presentation at NASIG 2016 by Jennifer Leffler, who described the processes used at the University of Northern Colorado, Greeley (Leffler et al , 2017). Some libraries took the extra step of creating their own hosting services such as Byugle at Brigham Young University’s Harold B. Library (Schroeder and Williamsen, 2011) to support the streaming video needs of their campus.…”