[Michlib-l] Does anyone circulate energy efficiency devices?

[Andrew Cherven]

We received a donation of 6 Kill A Watt monitors from the city in mid-2012. We got some eyeglass boxes from a local optical shop that they fit in perfectly, wrapped in bubble wrap. We put a due-date pocket inside the box lid with the instruction sheet, along with a label with the url for downloading a copy if missing. We cataloged them as item type “Realia” and we put an item barcode on the box and a copy of it on the device. They circulate for 3 weeks. They’ve been quite popular, with 101 total circulations, however, only 3 remain…one disappeared after 17 circs, another after 10 circs and one after just 2 circs.

Drew Cherven
Reference Services
Petoskey District Library
500 East Mitchell Street
Petoskey MI 49770
231-758-3114
www.petoskeylibrary.org<http://www.petoskeylibrary.org>

From: michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces at mcls.org] On Behalf Of Adrienne Breznau via Michlib-l
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 3:08 PM
To: michlib-l at mcls.org
Subject: [Michlib-l] Does anyone circulate energy efficiency devices?

Hello everyone!
Our library recently received a donation of a Kill-a-Watt device and a Black & Decker Thermal Leak Detector that we would like to circulate to our patrons.  Does anyone currently offer these types of items?  If so, how long do you let them circulate?  What item type do you use?  Do you have any pro-tips for us before we start circ'ing them?

Any information you can provide is greatly appreciated, and if anyone is interested in the results, let me know and I will send them out too.  Thanks!

Adrienne Breznau
Head of Support Services
Royal Oak Public Library
222 E. Eleven Mile Road<https://maps.google.com/?q=222+E.+Eleven+Mile+Road+Royal+Oak,+MI+48067&entry=gmail&source=g>
Royal Oak, MI 48067<https://maps.google.com/?q=222+E.+Eleven+Mile+Road+Royal+Oak,+MI+48067&entry=gmail&source=g>

Tel: 248-246-3714
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