[Michlib-l] What is the future of your audiobook on CD collection?

[Deb Hemmye]

What would I like to do with our adult Books on CD collection? I would like to throw it in the trash and do a little happy dance. That said, every time we check the circs, we discover that they are, in fact, still circulating. Just this year we decided to discontinue ordering children's or YA books on CD and no one has said a thing. At the same time we also heavily weeded our adult BoCD collection. Within a week or two, we had an unhappy adult ask why we had gotten rid of all of our books on CD (she was obv not counting the three she was checking several out at that very moment). So apparently the adults in my community still want and use them, but I am counting the days until I can repurpose that space! 

Deb Hemmye (she, her, hers) 
Library Director 
Huntington Woods Public Library 
26415 Scotia Road 
Huntington Woods, MI 48070 
248-543-9720, ext. 686 


From: "Sara Ault" <sault at brandonlibrary.org> 
To: "Michlib" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 12:09:01 PM 
Subject: [Michlib-l] What is the future of your audiobook on CD collection? 

Our physical audiobooks are just sitting on the shelves while our downloadable offerings are circulating like mad. It's gotten to the point of considering not funding that collection and putting money toward our digital offerings. How has your circulation of these items been since Covid? 
What are your long term plans for this collection? 

Thanks, 
Sara 

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Sara Ault 
Circulation Manager & Adult Collection Development 
Brandon Township Public Library 
304 South St. Ortonville, MI 48462 
248-627-1460 

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