Comments on: … Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Patron Too? http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-151 Rachel Sat, 26 Aug 2006 00:46:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38#comment-151 Jesse - Note that says: $80 MORE than last year. My ex-library charged me $112, my current library $200... when looking at area libraries, I got ranges from $112 to $285 to "We don't give nonresidents cards at any price."<br/><br/>A number of libraries around here charge for DVDs, or charge $1-2/day overdue fines as opposed to the $.10-.15 for books. I think this very much depends on the area, and it doesn't make sense to me to treat these materials differently, either, esp. now that collections have been built up such that audiovisual media aren't so much a rarity. Jesse – Note that says: $80 MORE than last year. My ex-library charged me $112, my current library $200… when looking at area libraries, I got ranges from $112 to $285 to “We don’t give nonresidents cards at any price.”

A number of libraries around here charge for DVDs, or charge $1-2/day overdue fines as opposed to the $.10-.15 for books. I think this very much depends on the area, and it doesn’t make sense to me to treat these materials differently, either, esp. now that collections have been built up such that audiovisual media aren’t so much a rarity.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-150 Anonymous Fri, 25 Aug 2006 22:44:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38#comment-150 /...spent $80 more to buy a <br/>/card at a library 5 minutes<br/>/further away<br/><br/>They charge $80 for a non-resident card? Good lord! We charge $25, and there are a lot of ways to get around that!<br/><br/>/and no fees to check out DVDs<br/><br/>I wasn't aware that any libraries charged money to check out DVDs - that's terrible! We treat ours like any other item, though the fine is a bit higher and the loan period is only a week. We have 2,200 DVDs in a town of 25,000 people, and rarely have any problem getting them back.<br/><br/>- Jesse /…spent $80 more to buy a
/card at a library 5 minutes
/further away

They charge $80 for a non-resident card? Good lord! We charge $25, and there are a lot of ways to get around that!

/and no fees to check out DVDs

I wasn’t aware that any libraries charged money to check out DVDs – that’s terrible! We treat ours like any other item, though the fine is a bit higher and the loan period is only a week. We have 2,200 DVDs in a town of 25,000 people, and rarely have any problem getting them back.

- Jesse

]]> By: Rachel http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-149 Rachel Thu, 27 Jul 2006 03:20:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38#comment-149 I do need to go back to Library ELF -- I had it set up on my old account but haven't gotten around to it this time. Thanks for the reminder! I do need to go back to Library ELF — I had it set up on my old account but haven’t gotten around to it this time. Thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Jay Datema http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38&cpage=1#comment-148 Jay Datema Mon, 24 Jul 2006 17:34:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=38#comment-148 <a HREF="http://www.libraryelf.com" REL="nofollow">Library ELF</a> solves this problem, with some privacy <a HREF="http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6344741.html" REL="nofollow"> tradeoffs</a>. Library ELF solves this problem, with some privacy tradeoffs.

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