blu-ray anyone?

31 Mar 08 in future libraries, gaming in libraries, nppl | 9 comments

spider-man 3Our DVD player died after over six years of heavy use. The only logical replacement was a PS3 since it can play DVDs (and upscale them), Blu-ray discs and of course games. This will probably be the last physical media device we buy. Crazy!

The system came with a copy of “Spider-man 3″ on Blu-ray that is hopefully going to find its way into the NPPL’s collection. Once we get this cataloged correctly I’ll likely buy a few more Blu-ray titles. Just enough so that we can advertise that we have a small collection. Not only will it serve as a good experiment to see if the discs are popular, it will also serve as good marketing for the NPPL. Even if swarms of people don’t have Blu-ray players (yet) it will showcase the library as a place with exciting new stuff that understands what’s happening in the larger information world. All that for $200? A bargain! It doesn’t always take much to try new things.

We’ll make our Blu-ray discs non-holdable for a month, just like our other new materials. Yes, this slightly diminishes the spirit of library sharing and maybe inconveniences some non-NPPL patrons. However, it drives some in house traffic to our relatively new beautiful library. While that sounds like a library-centered policy (bad!), it isn’t *fully* library-centered. The non-holdable period keeps new and popular titles around for people in North Plains to browse. This makes residents of North Plains happy and increases the library’s “placeness,” making it interesting and vital.

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  1. 31 Mar 08 at 8:31 am (#)
    blu-ray anyone?:

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  2. 31 Mar 08 at 9:49 am (#)
    Jenny Levine:

    You mean you’re not going to put them on the “new” shelf for two weeks and NOT let people check them out? :-p

  3. 31 Mar 08 at 9:51 am (#)
    Aaron:

    Ha! If I ever do *that* you have permission to slap me upside the head!

  4. 31 Mar 08 at 5:58 pm (#)
    Chad:

    Buy some games, and bring that PS3 to CIL!

  5. 31 Mar 08 at 7:26 pm (#)
    Aaron:

    Chad, as you prolly saw on twitter, i’ve been playing portal and half-life tonight. so good! there’s tons love abotu portal.

  6. 1 Apr 08 at 3:58 am (#)
    Tommy Dy:

    Hey Aaron,

    I just found your site while searching for library website related content. I’m a student web designer and I’m about to tackle my first library website. I’m getting a lot of good ideas from your site!

    Thanks

  7. 1 Apr 08 at 6:25 am (#)
    Aaron:

    Cool, what site are you working on?

  8. 2 Apr 08 at 6:05 pm (#)
    Tommy Dy:

    I’m just in the planning stages right now, but it’s just a site for a public library in a small town here in Indiana.

  9. 5 Apr 08 at 12:53 pm (#)
    Jack:

    My big question is where did you find a PS3 for $200.00?

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