I think we generally defer to the media librarians on issues of packaging.
For me (as a serials librarian) the critical pieces of information that we
should be notified about are title and numbering changes.

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On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, contact wrote:

> We have been publishing a DVD serial--The Journal of Short Film--for a year,
> now, and are considering a change in our packaging.  But we'd like to know how
> librarians might feel about this.
> The JSF is a quarterly DVD, and we've been putting it in square, cd-sized
> cases.  We are thinking about changing to "tall," standard DVD cases starting
> with the second year's volumes.
> So, my questions would be something like this:
> 1) Is it a problem to shelve a DVD in a cd-sized case?
> 2) Would a standard DVD-sized case be preferable for shelving purposes?
> 3) Would a _change_ cause more problems than it fixes?
> 4) Or do serials librarians just defer all this to the media/video librarians?
>
> It seems clear that the DVD serial is here to stay, and I wonder if you've
> given this much thought.
>
> many thanks,
> Karl Mechem
> publisher, The Journal of Short Film
> PO Box 8217
> Columbus, OH  43201
> www.theJSF.org
> mechem@theJSF.org
>