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FROM: "Lucinda Shelden" <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
REC'D: 4/2/04, 2:14 PM

Hello Everyone,

Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every 7
requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists and
some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
library's policy for filling best seller requests?

Thanks in advance,

Lucinda Shelden
[removed]@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "J. Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
REC'D: 4/2/04, 2:26 PM

Lucinda, we added a new collection of the most popular fiction (and a
couple of non-fiction) titles that we call Prize Picks. These have a 7
day check out. Originally we limited to 1 per person, but we no longer
limit this collection. These copies do not satisfy holds and are not
renewable. It gives our patrons a chance to find popular titles on the
shelf each time they come in. This is in addition to the copies I get for
reserves, but have found that often someone who's waiting for a particular
book will remove their holds or tell the clerk who calls about the reserve
that it's no longer needed. I, too, will be looking forward to responses
to this query.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Lucinda Shelden wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
> other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every 7
> requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists and
> some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
> Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
> library's policy for filling best seller requests?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lucinda Shelden
> [removed]@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "Colcord, Lisa" <[removed]@GLENDALEAZ.com>
REC'D: 4/2/04, 2:42 PM

This is what we do, too. We call them Weekly Readers and they have a
higher fine and no grace period.

Lisa

Lisa Colcord
Librarian
Glendale Public library
Glendale, AZ

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life form than a librarian)."

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-----Original Message-----
From: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
[[removed]@maillist.webrary.org] On Behalf Of J. Etling
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 1:25 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Re: Best Sellers and other high demand titles

Lucinda, we added a new collection of the most popular fiction (and a
couple of non-fiction) titles that we call Prize Picks. These have a 7
day check out. Originally we limited to 1 per person, but we no longer
limit this collection. These copies do not satisfy holds and are not
renewable. It gives our patrons a chance to find popular titles on the
shelf each time they come in. This is in addition to the copies I get
for reserves, but have found that often someone who's waiting for a
particular book will remove their holds or tell the clerk who calls
about the reserve that it's no longer needed. I, too, will be looking
forward to responses to this query.

Jeanne Etling
Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District

On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Lucinda Shelden wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
> other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every
> 7 requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists
> and some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da
> Vinci Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is
> your library's policy for filling best seller requests?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lucinda Shelden
> [removed]@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "Phyllis Shepherd" <[removed]@waukesha.lib.wi.us>
REC'D: 4/2/04, 4:27 PM

Our library purchases 1 copy of a book for every 4 holds.

We also have a Rental collection. These titles are those that have
very long hold lists, even though we may own 20 copies of the title. (We
don't generally buy more than 20 copies.) The rental fee is $1.00 for a
one week loan, and $1.00 per day for extending the loan. The $1.00 fee
is paid upon checkout, and any further charges are paid at the time of
return or added to the customer's account.

This is a self-sustaining collection, so no funds come from the
materials budget. The funds for the original collection came from our
Friends group. After the rush is over for these titles, we delete them
from our collection and sell them to the public for $3.00.

Phyllis Shepherd
Waukesha Public Library
321 Wisconsin Avenue
Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186
[removed]@waukesha.lib.wi.us

FROM: "Ann Jarvis" <[removed]@vlc.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 4/2/04, 5:17 PM

We also have a special collection called "Book Express."
The books have a 7-day checkout period with no renewals and no grace
period. There are no holds permitted on the books. We used to limit
to 2 books per person but have done away with it now that we have a
full collection. Right now we have 121 different titles, and 383
books. Here is a link to the list of our titles.
http://www.midland-mi.org/gracedowlibrary/express.html

We have found it to be a very successful program. It has seemed to
lower our hold lists on the new bestsellers and people love it when
they are expecting to wait a couple weeks and unexpectedly find it on
the shelf.

Ann Jarvis
Grace A Dow Memorial Library
Midland MI

---- Original Message ----
From: [removed]@spokanelibrary.org
To: [removed]@maillist.webrary.org
Subject: RE: Best Sellers and other high demand titles
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 11:59:44 -0800

>Hello Everyone,
>
>Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
>other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every
>7
>requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists
>and
>some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
>Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
>library's policy for filling best seller requests?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Lucinda Shelden
[removed]@spokanelibrary.org
>
>.....................................................................
>.
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

FROM: "B. Gigot" <[removed]@hotmail.com>
REC'D: 4/3/04, 10:04 AM

We receive something called "Purchase Alerts" which tells us which titles
if we have 4 or more holds on a particular title. However, we are a member
of a 41 library consortium, and we can also view how many copies of that
title we have amongst us when making our decision.

>From: "J. Etling" <[removed]@nsls.info>
>Reply-To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>To: Fiction_L <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
>Subject: Re: Best Sellers and other high demand titles
>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 14:24:46 -0600 (CST)
>
>
>Lucinda, we added a new collection of the most popular fiction (and a
>couple of non-fiction) titles that we call Prize Picks. These have a 7
>day check out. Originally we limited to 1 per person, but we no longer
>limit this collection. These copies do not satisfy holds and are not
>renewable. It gives our patrons a chance to find popular titles on the
>shelf each time they come in. This is in addition to the copies I get for
>reserves, but have found that often someone who's waiting for a particular
>book will remove their holds or tell the clerk who calls about the reserve
>that it's no longer needed. I, too, will be looking forward to responses
>to this query.
>
>Jeanne Etling
>Dundee (IL) Township Public Library District
>
>On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Lucinda Shelden wrote:
>
> > Hello Everyone,
> >
> > Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
> > other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every 7
> > requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists and
> > some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
> > Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
> > library's policy for filling best seller requests?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Lucinda Shelden
> > [removed]@spokanelibrary.org
>
>
>......................................................................
>Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
>Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org

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FROM: "Kathryn Shaw" <[removed]@brantford.library.on.ca>
REC'D: 4/5/04, 8:57 AM

We purchase a new copy for every 5 requests. Although, I'm having trouble
keeping up to this for the DaVinci Code!

Kathryn Shaw
Brantford Public Library
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lucinda Shelden" <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>
To: "Fiction_L" <[removed]@maillist.webrary.org>
Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:59 PM
Subject: Best Sellers and other high demand titles

Hello Everyone,

Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every 7
requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists and
some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
library's policy for filling best seller requests?

Thanks in advance,

Lucinda Shelden
[removed]@spokanelibrary.org

FROM: "Deb Messling" <[removed]@hublib.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 4/5/04, 10:04 AM

We have a McNaughton plan, so we are able to lease high-demand books. We try to acquire a copy for every TWO reserves. People get their Da Vinci Codes in no time!

--
Deb Messling
Phillipsburg Free Public Library
200 Frost Avenue
Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
(908) 454-3712
[removed]@hublib.lib.nj.us

--

FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 4/5/04, 2:10 PM

We order an extra copy for every 5 requests.
Chris Raap
Evergreen Park Public Library
Quoting Lucinda Shelden <[removed]@spokanelibrary.org>:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Our library is looking to improve our fill rate for best sellers and
> other high demand titles. Currently we purchase a new copy for every 7
> requests. Unfortunately some titles are months with waiting lists and
> some customers don't realize we even own copies of say the Da Vinci
> Code. Without increasing our materials budget, what does is your
> library's policy for filling best seller requests?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Lucinda Shelden
> [removed]@spokanelibrary.org
>
> ......................................................................
> Need to subscribe, unsubscribe, search the archives?
> Everything Fiction_L: http://fictionl.webrary.org
>

FROM: [removed]@SLS.LIB.IL.US
REC'D: 4/5/04, 2:48 PM

We have a 1 copy for 3 reserves rule of thumb. All of our books circulate for
3 weeks, unlike many libraries with a 2 week checkout for new books. We don't
have a rental collection. Our village has about 31,000 people.

Brenda O'Brien
Woodridge Public Library

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