[OPLINLIST] More on Redbox, last one I tried bounced back

[Marsha Wagner]

From: Marsha Wagner <mwagner at canalfultonlibrary.org> [ add to contacts ]
 To: oplinlist at oplin.org Cc: Date: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:27 am Subject: Fwd: : American Libraries Direct 7/22/2009Attachments: Text version of this message. (56KB) 
Going through my e-mail I found more information on Redbox. Again if anyone has explored this further please post to the oplinlist.
Marsha Wagner 
Director 
Canal Fulton Public Library 
154 Market St. NE 
Canal Fulton, OH 44708 
330 854-4148; fax 330 8549520 

"All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." Thomas Carlyle
-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Lee Wilson [mailto:lwilson at holmeslib.org]
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 03:18 PM
To: 'Marsha Wagner'
Subject: Re: : American Libraries Direct 7/22/2009

Marsha,
I just got off the phone with Allison Santos a Youth Services Librarian at Princeton Public. I will continue to monitor this (I'll see her at the end August) and let you know if your interested. ~LLW

Below are my questions and her responses: 

1. How much do you charge for DVDs from your library collection?
YA & Adult titles are $1.00 with a 1 day circ; Children's titles are $1.00 with a 7 day circ

2. Is the library seeing more revenue than the anticipated $500.00 a year?
It is too early to tell. The vending machine was just put in two weeks ago.

3. Has Redbox generated more traffic for the library in actual patrons & circ?
Again, it is too early to say.

4. Are you going to keep it past the 6 month trial period?
Probably, the YA & Adult titles are renting well. The Children's titles are renting - most likely because patrons can borrow the title from the library and keep it for a longer period of time. It is serviced every 2 days by a Redbox employee; there have been no complaints. 

5. Has having Redbox caused any trouble or concerns for your library?
Only problem so far is people are returning their Redbox DVDs to the library, which required an extra step for the circ clerks. Apparently, there are enough DVDs mistakenly returned that the library has decided not to return them to the Redbox vending machine, they just save them and give them to the person servicing the machine. How Redbox handles the problem is between them and the people who rent their DVDs.


Laura Lee Wilson
lwilson at holmeslib.org
Head of Children's Services
Holmes County District Public Library
3102 Glen Drive
Millersburg, OH 44654
PH: 330-674-5972 ext 210
FX: 330-674-1938






Marsha Wagner 
Director 
Canal Fulton Public Library 
154 Market St. NE 
Canal Fulton, OH 44708 
330 854-4148; fax 330 8549520 

"All that mankind has done, thought, gained or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books." Thomas Carlyle
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.oplin.org/mailman/private/oplinlist/attachments/20090922/5af28eb3/attachment.html