Yesterday's ALA Direct has a link to a blog post by Stephen Abram musing
about the impact on public library DVD collections and services in light
of recent service model changes by Netflix and the US Postal Service. I
am sure your colleagues are seeing this post.
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2011/12/20/the-coming-end-of-the-dvd/
If you follow the links to the interview with Neflix CEO Reed Hastings,
you see their corporations plan to stick to DVD, the cost advantages of
ownership for lending (First Sale Doctrine), and recent trends of the
market. He describes the upcoming downturn for DVD's: "it?s a steady
decline ever year a little bit, but there's a long-term residual market."
http://seekingalpha.com/article/301738-netflix-s-ceo-discusses-q3-2011-results-earnings-call-transcript?part=qanda
Nell Chenault
Research Librarian for Film and Music
VCU Libraries
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23284-2033
(804) 828-2070
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