[Publib] bestsellers

[Mary Soucie]

Rachel,
We also lease from McNaughton. We have the best sellers sent
automatically from them. Since we did that, we recently cut the copies
on our standing author list to one. We will order extras if the holds
warrant.

We do allow holds, as soon as there's a record in our catalog. We belong
to a fairly large consortium, which works out well for us.

We're kicking off a best seller's club on August 1st that I'm very
excited about. We will place the holds for our patrons on new titles for
the authors they select from a list of authors. Some of our neighbors
offer this program also. 

We've been very happy with our lease program, to the extent that we're
using it. We post the list of best sellers and if it's not in, our
patrons just place a hold.

Hope this helps,
Mary


Mary J. Soucie, MLIS
Library Director
Wilmington Public Library District
Visit the world @ your library(tm)
201 S Kankakee St
Wilmington IL 60481
(815) 476-2834
mjsoucie at wilmingtonlibrary.org
 
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From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Rachel Beerthuis
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:53 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] bestsellers

Hello all,
I am trying to do some research into how different libraries handle
bestsellers. Here are my questions:

How many copies do you purchase of fiction and nonfiction? 
Are patrons permitted to put holds on them? 
How long is the checkout period (the same as other books or shorter)?
How are they displayed?

Currently our patrons are not able to put holds on bestsellers and the
checkout period is the same although overdue fines are slightly more. We
also post the list and display pictures of the book covers. However we
have recently had complaints at having the covers displayed when we do
not have the books in. 

Any help would be appreciated.

Rachel

Rachel L. Beerthuis
Reference Librarian
Central Library
298 Cedar Rd.
Chesapeake, VA 23322
757.410.7136
rbeerthu at chesapeake.lib.va.us



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