Terry Connolly
--- Blaine Waterman <blainew@sfpl.lib.ca.us> wrote:
> On March 1st, the San Francisco Public Library will
> start allowing holds to
> be placed through our online catalog for CDs,
> videos, DVDs, and audiobooks.
> Previously, our AV collections have been strictly
> browsing.
>
> We are a large system (26 branches) with a lot of
> feature films in our
> collection. I'm concerned about how to do collection
> development in this
> new environment and wonder if other public
> librarians on the list have
> already dealt with this type of situation. Will we
> have 1000 people queuing
> up for every blockbuster? Thanks in advance for any
> guidance list members
> can provide.
>
> Blaine
>
>
> Blaine Waterman
> Audiovisual Center Librarian
> San Francisco Public Library
> 100 Larkin Street SF, CA 94102
> 415-557-4461; fax 415-557-4424
> blainew@sfpl.org
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