On 2019-03-22 11:26 p.m., songbird wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
> ...
>> So, while you have a dozen DVDs sitting around waiting to be seen
>> someone else could have been watching them.
>
> considering we've been buying them for the
> library to begin with i think it only fair to
> be able to watch them once in a while.

Sure, but I think there should be reasonable limits on the number that
one person can take out. I had pointed out the case of a woman taking
our more than 20 DVDs, and the family where the kids each had 20 or more
books. They have limits on loan periods, so it is perfectly reasonable
to have limits on items borrowed.




>
> you do know that a lot of series come in
> boxes of several disks to begin with so you
> can't check just one out anyways? and also
> it's a trip to town for us (not a nice walk as
> it has been for me in the past when i've
> lived in town) so it's not always good to have
> to run out to town and back.

In the nice weather it is a three mile bicycle ride (each way) so I can
kill two birds with one stone. During the winter there is often reason
to be going to or through town.




> still, i guess you really don't get the idea
> of what a library is about or the fact that if
> an item is checked out a person can request
> another copy from another library and read that
> one (same with dvds).

Actually, I do get the idea of what a library is about. It is a public
resource that buys books and other media to be shared by the members of
the community. We do have inter library loans, but it takes time to get
the books from the other libraries.



>
> i may not really think in the case of many
> taxes that i don't get much use out of them but
> the library is one where we certainly do and i
> hope it will continue. the recent election
> passed a small increase in funding so that was
> a good sign the community supports it.
>

FIW I am on the board of a non profit that organizes an art festival
that raises money for the arts in the community and for the library.
Each year we donate $10,000 to the library to be used for special projects.