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Looking at our stats for June, e-audiobooks account for about 10% of our overall circulation, while books on cd are just 1%.</div>
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Despite that fact, the people who check out the books on cd aren't all that interested in switching to downloadable. They still go out frequently enough that I don't think we need to get rid of them yet. It's a dying medium for sure, so eventually they'll
blip out like cassettes and vhs.</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Teresa Natzke via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 12, 2023 5:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Deb Hemmye <dhemmye@hwoodslib.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org>; Sara Ault <sault@brandonlibrary.org><br>
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<div>Just curious Deb? Why so happy to get rid of them?</div>
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<b>To: </b>"Sara Ault" <sault@brandonlibrary.org><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Michlib-l" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 12, 2023 4:35:07 PM<br>
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<div>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
<em>adult</em> 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!</div>
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<span style="font-family:'tahoma' ,'new york' ,'times' ,serif; font-size:11pt">26415 Scotia Road</span><br>
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<div><b>From: </b>"Sara Ault" <sault@brandonlibrary.org><br>
<b>To: </b>"Michlib" <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 11, 2023 12:09:01 PM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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?
<div>What are your long term plans for this collection?</div>
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