[Publib] Removing item checkout limits for media

[Steve Benson]

 We have no limits for media checkout or for holds.  We'd much rather have
our material in patron's hands than sitting on our library shelfs.  Patrons
do assume a risk of hefty fines when they checkout large numbers of media
items.  We risk the loss of larger quantities of material (losses realized
in only a couple instances).  It is also annoying when a patron has dozens
of items awaiting pickup but these folks are the rare exception and their
behaviors don't drive our policies.  We have a growing collection of DVDs
that numbers about five thousand at present.  This small collection (with a
shorter checkout period than books, CDs, and audiobooks) accounted for 21%
of over one million total circs last year.
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