[Publib] DVD players loaned to patrons?

[ashley layne]

Thank you for all your thoughts and suggestions. Surprisingly, we have lots
of patrons who don't have the opportunity to watch movies at home. Still
trying to figure out details.

Ashley Layne
Director of Multimedia and Adult Services
Spartanburg County Public Libraries
Spartanburg, SC
ashleyl at infodepot.org


On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 7:14 PM, Henriksen, Phalbe <
phenriksen at alexandercountync.gov> wrote:

>  We could very well start a "wrinklee's reunion" (or is that "wrinkley's
> [or "wrinklys' reunion"?) a la Brit sitcoms, by remembering what we've
> circulated. I remember reading in a journal that a library on Long Island
> had a conveyor belt to bring lawn tools, such as tillers, out for patrons to
> borrow. And another director who had fancy cake pans stacked up on a filing
> cabinet, because there was no where else to store them. Want a heart-shaped
> cake pan to bake a cake for Valentine's Day? Check it out from the library!
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* James Casey [mailto:jcasey at olpl.org]
>
> ...manual typewriters....
>
> Ashley, you work in one of the wealthiest areas of South Carolina. If
> there's a need for a service, your library can afford to supply that need.
> *Attitudes* by management are another subject. But, there's no reason you
> couldn't purchase a coupla DVD players and reach out to patrons who can't
> afford them.
>
> (And, I suspect, you're very young and so is your director :) ), but much
> more money has been spent on many, many things. Just think about the cost of
> those 16mm films and the machines that cleaned them!!)
>
> Phalbe Henriksen
>
> Director
>
> Alexander County P/L
>
> Taylorsville, NC
>
>
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