--- Forwarded Message from Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> --- >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: the fate of those tapes once you've gone digital >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:33:36 -0400 Hi everyone, Like everyone else, we've gone digital as much as possible with our instructional audio materials. (We do have some audio cassettes left in some of the languages where the departments haven't decided to purchase licenses for digital distribution). In our case, digital distribution means that we provide access to the materials via password-protected, Web-based course management system sites. Our streaming server is set up to distribute the media but not download it, so students and faculty don't actually get copies of the media files, just access. This is troubling to some people who want to actually get their hands on something tangible like a cassette or a CD. So my question is - what you have you all done about this? Do you make CD copies of the digital files? Have you kept audiocassette copies around for those determined few who for one reason or another don't want to use the digital media? Have you said - sorry folks, it's only on the Web and tossed your tape libraries? Enquiring minds want to know... Samantha ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Samantha Earp, Director Foreign Language Technology Services Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Box 90198 - 223A Perkins Library Duke University Durham, NC 27708 919.660.5945 - [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~