Collaboration in support of curriculum media: educational media and video production services

Video Production Services and the Educational Media Department of the St. Louis University Health Sciences Center Library have an interrelated working relationship serving the schools of medicine, nursing, and allied health by providing videotaped instructional material. This paper details the various processes involved from the time a faculty member approaches the librarian in search of a specific subject video to the completion of an original production by the video professional, with both professionals playing an integral role in the provision of high quality curricular material. Our experience in the evolution of the process provides other medical libraries or biomedical communications units with a framework for successful production delivery.