[OPLINLIST] Questions About Your Library Compilation

[Brian Humphreys]

Hello everyone,
The staff of Bluffton Public Library would like to
know the size of your collections for DVDs, VHS tapes,
and CDs.  Also, was collection size a consideration
for number of items loaned and lending periods? (see
survey below) Thanks for your assistance in advance. 
Please reply off-list.

Brian Humphreys
Circ. Asst.
Bluffton Public Library
humphrbr at oplin.org
> 
>    1. Questions About Your Library Compilation (Amy
> Garrett)
> > From: "Amy Garrett" <garretam at oplin.org>
> To: oplinlist at oplin.org
> Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:24:13 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [OPLINLIST] Questions About Your Library
> Compilation
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I would like to thank-you for providing information
> about each of your
> libraries. Forty (40) libraries from across the
> state provided the
> following answers:
> 
> Do you waive fines for seniors?
> 
> Ten (10) libraries stated that they do not charge
> fines for seniors,
> specifically. Almost all of these libraries consider
> a person a senior at
> 60 or when they present a Golden Buckeye Card. Three
> (3) libraries
> (Herbert Wescoat Memorial in McArthur, the Athens
> County Public Library
> (Nelsonville) and the Wornstaff Public Library do
> not charge overdue fines
> to anyone.
> 
> We are planning (after Board approval) to not charge
> seniors overdue fines
> beginning sometime in late January.
> Questions About Your Library	Do you allow teens to
> work off overdue fines?
> 
> Although we have tabled this discussion until later,
> five (5) libraries
> said that they had done this at least once and the
> Mechanicsburg Public
> Library provided the most detailed information about
> “how to . . .”.
> 
> How many VHS/DVDs do you allow patrons to check-out
> at a time?
> 
> While 10 libraries stated that there was no limit,
> those that did provide
> limits ranged from 2 to 50 per card. We currently
> allow patrons to
> check-out 5 videos and 5 DVDs per card. We hope to
> change this to 10 in
> either format and allow patrons to mix and match as
> they wish up to 10.
> 
> How may CDs do you allow patrons to check-out at a
> time?
> 
> While three (3) libraries do not circulate CDs at
> all, fourteen (14)
> libraries that do circulate CDs have no limit. For
> those who do have
> limits, the numbers range from 4-50. We currently
> allow patrons to
> check-out 6 music CDs (no limit on Books on CD) per
> card. We hope to raise
> this number to 10 in 2006.
> 
> What is your lending period for VHS/DVDs?
> 
> We currently allow 3 days for entertainment VHS/DVDs
> and 14 days for
> nonfiction/documentary items, the numbers were wide
> and varied for many
> other libraries. Some libraries have different check
> out periods for
> videos vs. DVDs or for new vs. old items. The range
> for check-out went
> from 2 days to 21 days with 19 libraries stating
> that they allowed a 7-day
> check-out period. While we plan to keep our
> nonfiction items circulating
> for the same period, we are currently planning to
> increase our circulation
> period for entertainment items to 7-days.
> 
> What is your lending period for CDs?
> 
> Again, a wide and varied number, but the majority of
> libraries (including
> us) said that these items circulate for the same
> amount of time as books
> and most libraries (18) stated that this period was
> 14 days.
> 
> Do you allow patrons to place reserves on the above
> items?
> 
> While seven (7) libraries said that they did not
> allow reserves/holds to
> be placed on videos/DVDs, 27 libraries stated that
> yes reserves may be
> placed on any of these items. At this time, we do
> not allow patrons to
> place holds/reserves on our videos/DVDs, but plan to
> allow this (including
> for the new items) beginning sometime in January.
> 
> Do you allow patrons to renew these items?
> 
> Many libraries do not allow renewals on VHS/DVDs
> (including us), but
> eighteen (18) do. The most interesting responses
> that I received were from
> Washington-Centerville, which allows patrons to
> check-out their
> videos/DVDs for 4 days and then patrons may renew
> them for 3 days and the
> Worthington Public Library, which allows patrons to
> check-out DVDs for 5
> days and then renew them for 3 more days.
> 
> Do you charge (any) non-profit organizations to use
> your meeting room(s)?
> 
> This question was asked of select libraries because
> I found that this
> question had been asked and answered (OPLIN Listserv
> Archives) before. Of
> the sixteen (16) libraries asked, only one (1) said
> yes and three
> (including us) stated that they do charge some
> non-profit organizations to
> use their rooms. We plan to make the room free and
> accessible to all
> non-profit organizations beginning in early 2006.
> However, library
> programming does take priority and a group may be
> bumped if warranted.


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