THE BBC ADVANCED INTERACTIVE VIDEO (AIV) SYSTEM AND THE BBC DOMESDAY PROJECT VIDEO DISCS

Abstract

Unless you have been on the library equivalent of a desert island, you will know that the BBC AIV system and the Domesday Project Video Discs were released at the end of last year. We bought the system in March but only now do we feel ready to release it for general use. The bibliography (not exhaustive) at the end of this review lists several articles which describe the technical aspects of the system in detail. Similarly other references (and BBC television programmes) have highlighted the immense co‐operative effort which went into collecting the data on the discs. We do not intend to repeat all this information, although a brief description follows. What we would like to do is to give the subjective impressions of a group of librarians, working in a particular library, setting up and exploring the system. We would hope that rather than being seen as any form of definitive assessment of the system, this brief expression of points of view will encourage others to agree (or disagree) with our opinions, give us the benefit of their own experiences and pass on any handy tips they have picked up.

Citation

NOBLE, I. and HARGREAVES, P. (1987), "THE BBC ADVANCED INTERACTIVE VIDEO (AIV) SYSTEM AND THE BBC DOMESDAY PROJECT VIDEO DISCS", Library Review, Vol. 36 No. 4, pp. 237-247. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb012848