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>Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:54:36 -0400
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum               <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Mary Fetherston <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: funds for video purchasing

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The Language Learning Resource Center here at URI has recently shifted to
the Instructional Technology and Media Services (ITMS) Department.  When we
were part of the Language Department, we shared resources such as videos
and software.  Now ITMS buys our software and other supplies, but there is
a question about who is to buy the videos to be used in the lab by students
(and checked out by instructors).

Because these materials are used for instruction in the classroom and then
put on reserve in the lab, it makes sense that the department pays for
them.  However, since ITMS funds our other needs, why not videos as well?

What do other universities/colleges do in this circumstance?

Mary Fetherston
Interim Supervisor, Language Learning Resource Center,
University of Rhode Island
60 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
401-874-4719/4720, fax 4694
email: [log in to unmask] (but the old ones will still work!)

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