[Publib] Time to bide VHS goodbye?

[Melissa Callahan]

We still have a pretty good size video collection and circulation.  Our
circulation on VHS really wasn't that much lower than DVD and I know
some of community still is using primarily VHS.  I don't purchase VHS
any longer, but I still pull items that I believe will have a high
circulation out of our book sale.  That way if they die, I don't feel
guilty throwing them away.
 
Melissa
 
Melissa Callahan
Technology Coordinator/Audiovisual Librarian
Fayette County Public Library
828 Grand Avenue
Connersville, IN 47331
765-827-0883
 
The views in this message are not necessarily those of the Fayette
County Public Library
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of lynne ingersoll
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 5:53 PM
To: 'Kevin Mix'; Publib at webjunction.org
Subject: RE: [Publib] Time to bide VHS goodbye?
 
We are not buying VHS format anymore, even though they are much more
durable and repairable than DVDs.  A few years ago DVDs were too
expensive but now they are cheaper than the tapes.  We have not disposed
of our VHS tapes in either features or non-fiction and I don't think we
will do so for awhile.  We are also a community where many people still
prefer VHS.  
 
Lynne S. Ingersoll
Lynne S. Ingersoll
Reference Services Manager
Blue Island Public Library
2433 York St.
Blue Island, IL 60406
(708) 388-1078 x20
(708) 388-9301 Fax
 
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Mix
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 4:35 PM
To: Publib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Publib] Time to bide VHS goodbye?
 
A quick search of walmart.com showed the cheapest VCR at just under 40
dollars, while the cheapest DVD player was just under 30. 

You hardly have to be Richie Rich to experience the DVD format. 
On 1/24/07, Linda Cannon <LCannon at joplinpubliclibrary.org> wrote:
Oh, mercy! We wouldn't dream of getting rid of our VHS collections!
Perhaps in a more affluent area, it's not an issue, but we have *lots*
of patrons who still only have tape players and our DVD title list does 
not yet nearly match the variety in VHS. We are, of course, only buying
DVDs now, but we do add donated tapes.


Linda Cannon, Collection Development Librarian
Joplin Public Library
300 S. Main St.
Joplin, MO  64801
417-623-7953
lcannon at joplinpubliclibrary.org
http://www.joplinpubliclibrary.org
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Ralph Tomlinson
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:10 PM 
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Time to bide VHS goodbye?

With new formats breathing down our collective necks, we're talking
about discarding (or selling off) our VHS collection. Anyone else done 
this? What was the customer reaction?

Ralph Tomlinson
Audio-visual/reference librarian
Adult Services
Olathe Public Library
201 E. Park Street
Olathe, KS 66061
(913) 971-6850
rtomlinson at olatheks.org

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