Kendallville Public Library Adds
DVDs, Shuffles Collection
See a list of all the added DVDs
The Kendallville Public Library has been making some big movies this summer,
including a large purchase of DVDs to fill out the collection.
The Kendallville and Limberlost Public Libraries have
become a popular place to borrow DVDs – for FREE – including new releases.
“Libraries have always been about information and
entertainment” said Library Director Gregg Williamson. “Whether that
comes from books, CDs, downloadable media or movies, the library is the
delivery platform for what the public wants. The DVD collection is a wildly
successful area of service to our patrons. We have tapped into the
pulse of our community’s thirst for entertainment.”
To help fill in some of the gaps in the collection,
Williamson pulled a list of the top 500 grossing movies of all time. Then he
and the staff began working to determine which were part of the library’s
collection already, and which needed to be added.
The result is 250 movies that have been added in recent
weeks.
The Friends of the Library generously donated $1000 toward
the purchase of the DVDs, and Williamson has been able to stretch that money
to cover all 250 new purchases by seeking out the best deals.
Two examples of how this
gift has helped the library fill in the collection are the Batman and Rocky
movie franchise. From 1989 to 2005, five Batman movies were released.
The library had no copies of any of them, and now the library owns a copy of
each. The first four Rocky movies are new to the collection, as well.
“Thanks to this gift by the Friends and some other recent
acquisitions, we have seen an almost 10% increase in the total number of
DVDs available at the library,” said Williamson.
Williamson invites patrons
to review their home collections and consider donating titles that are not
being used at home anymore. Even if the library already owns those
particular titles, he said, the library can trade them for other movies not
currently part of the collection. The Disney movies are very hard to come by
and are some of the most requested items at the library.
Williamson has made it a priority to build up the DVD
collection even further.
“In the
future we hope to launch a major campaign to build our collection of TV
series, Award-winning movies like the American Film Institute’s Top 100,
Oscar winners and nominees, top shows of the twenty-first century, classics,
and of course viewer’s choice,” said Williamson.
The look of the DVD section at the Kendallville Public
Library has changed right along with the size of the collection. The
Foundation for the Kendallville Public Library donated funds to purchase new
shelving units, which are higher than the previous shelving and makes it
much easier to browse through the titles.
Over the past few months, patrons may have noticed some
other changes taking place within the Kendallville Public Library.
With the patrons in mind, the library has made some
changes to the way items are displayed and in some cases, where they can be
found.
In the Adult Services Departments, the staff has done some
shifting of the newspapers and magazines. Current newspapers can now be
found in the café (perfect for grabbing a coffee and reading the latest
news), while magazines are all located in the Periodical/Magazine room near
the Russell Frehse Genealogy Room.
The Russell Frehse Genealogy Room has gone through some
changes of its own. Recently, the furniture was rearranged and the
collection reorganized to make it even easier for you to conduct research.
Here are the rest of the changes in the Adult Services
section:
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Science Fiction
materials are located in the southeast corner of the library, near where the
newspapers and magazines used to be
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The Westerns are located
just outside the Russell Frehse Genealogy Room
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Biographies have been
separated and are now along the west wall down from the computer lab
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Oversize Non-Fiction
titles are on the tall shelves facing the Adult Reference Desk
In the Teen Department, the easiest change to spot might
be the furniture. The long, wavy green couch that used to be situated near
the Circulation Desk has now been moved to the other side of the Teen
Department, to give some separation from the Children’s Department space.
Teens who want to hang out at the high top tables now have a better view, as
they’re in front of the large windows overlooking the lake.
In addition to the re-arranged furniture, the Non-Fiction
collection and magazines can now be found behind the Teen Reference Desk,
and new shelves have been added to the Fiction and Paperback sections, since
the collections have both outgrown the space they used to have!
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Missing DVDs
Replaced by the FOL Grant:
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