Hey, we at LAT don't MAKE the rules.......

.......we just help libraries adjust to them through better technology!

This from the land of mustard based barbeque and above average flour:
"Steve Moore spends his spare time skimming the stacks looking for a good read at the library. But books aren't the only thing he looks for, now its DVDs."

So, how best to serve patrons? One guess.

Wow. Wowewowwuwawa Wow.

Our 907D units at Pike's Peak Library District - Workhorses!

In 2007 1.8 million transactions went through our machines at the Pike's Peak Library District:
4932/day
411/hour
7/minute
~1 in 3 transactions went through a FlashScan unit.

That is not chopped liver, baby!

Charging for DVDs is OK - It's called NOT FOR PROFIT

St. Paul libraries considers charging for DVD rentals - TwinCities.com:

$20,000: What the St. Paul Public Libraries systems spends each year to buy DVDs

$1.6 million: The system's annual budget for all new materials

$22: Its cost per feature-film DVD

More than $22: Its cost per educational DVD

50 cents: Daily fee to rent DVDs from most Ramsey County libraries

Zero: Current cost to rent DVDs from Minneapolis or St. Paul

WANT AN allCIRC THAT CHARGES FOR DVDS? LAT CAN HELP

Bill Clinton Needs an allCIRC

LINK TO STORY HERE and at pic:

New allCIRC Pix @ flickr

Click on Pic, cat or chick, to get the flickr set, you bet!