WOW - you have that many reserves on a title! You are larger than we are, but again, WOW!
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Jaeschke, Myles Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 12:01 PM To: 'videolib@lists.berkeley.edu' Subject: Re: [Videolib] DVD Lease plans Becky, I say why bother? These popular titles continue to have demand long after that initial "rush". Unless you are thinking that you want to get through your hold list of 300-400 or more VERY quickly by leasing 100+ copies. We buy 40-50 tops of these popular titles and our hold lists are usually completed within 2-3 months. Leasing DVDs has always seemed to me to be a waste of $$. Books--not so much--one a person reads a book they typically do not want to read it over and over. Not true with films and music. To me this is why it make more sense to lease books for popular titles but to buy films and music outright and let 'em die a "natural" death in the library. That's my 2 cents. Myles Jaeschke Tulsa City-County Library Media Collections -----Original Message----- From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Tatar, Becky Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 9:39 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu; pub...@webjunction.org Subject: [Videolib] DVD Lease plans Hi, all, Sorry for any cross duplication. My supervisor asked me to think about doing a lease program for our DVD collection that would be more tied into collection development. We would order titles on lease, and after 6 months or so, if they weren't circulating much - to be determined - we would pull them and send them back. Has anyone done this? What's your experience with it? Right now, we lease extra DVD copies of high reserve titles - usually new feature releases, but some new television show seasons. When the reserves are finished, the lease copies are pulled and returned to the company. So this new plan would be different - and I'm thinking more work - constantly getting monthly updates on the titles to check the circ. Another issue is that there is no discount on these lease titles. But - we are facing major budget cuts across the board, and materials have to earn their keep. Thanks in advance. Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
