[OPLINLIST] music cd circulation trends?

[James Hill]

We recently dropped Freegal and added Hoopla for digital music (and videos
and audiobooks).  We still buy a few CDs each year, but that budget is
pretty small.  We do get a lot of donations though.  I agree with Jen,
too.  I think our CDs get imported directly into iTunes via a laptop inside
the library and are never checked out.

James

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On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Jen Farrell <circ at huroncolib.org> wrote:

> We have noticed a drop in ours at our Main Library as well. I think the
> trend of itunes makes it so much easier to pay 1.99 for the one song that
> people don't depend on the library as much.We wondered too if it was itunes
> or our selection.
>  Our Greenwich Branch has stayed fairly steady though.
>
> Jen Farrell
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 1:58 PM, <welchly at oplin.org> wrote:
>
>>   Hello colleagues,
>>
>> My director would like to know what everyone else is seeing with respect
>> to music CD circulation over the past five years.
>> -   Is it going well or poorly?
>> -   What measures have they taken to improve the circ stats?
>> -   Do they offer other music formats than CDs and are those doing well?
>> Our Music-CD circulation has dropped by almost half in the past ten
>> years, and we’re not sure if it’s a local issue or symptomatic of a shift
>> in format preferences.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lynne Welch - Herrick Memorial Library
>> 101 Willard Mem. Sq. - Wellington, Ohio 44090 USA
>> tel 440-647-2120 email welchly at oplin.org
>>
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