Re: [Videolib] Midwest Tapes v. Recorded Books

We have not kept track of our replacement discs in 2009. Attached is
our "2008 Books on Replacement Discs" statistics. These statistics were
compiled by Pam White, our Acquisitions Coordinator.

It seems to me that we have ordered quite a few more in 2009. Hope this
helps.

Sabra Stockey

Nonprint Selector

Monroe County Public Library

303 East Kirkwood Avenue

Bloomington, Indiana 47408

Sstockey@mcpl.info

From: videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu
[mailto:videolib-bounces@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Susan Albrecht
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 8:57 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Midwest Tapes v. Recorded Books

Jennifer Foster wrote:

Man, these folks are truly desperate to stop change, aren't they? Wonder
how long it will be before they figure out change is the only sure
thing....

As is usually the case, there's a quotable Rush lyric for that. In
fact, two:

Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.
Changes aren't permanent, but change is.

Just sayin'.

I do hope that some more of the public librarians on the list will
respond to the question Mike asked, re: how often they need to take
advantage of the replacement disc offer. Sounds like for Myles & at
least one other person, not so much. Is Mike's experience all that
unusual?

Susan at Wabash

Susan Albrecht

Acquisitions Manager

Wabash College Lilly Library

Crawfordsville, IN

x6216

albrechs@wabash.edu

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