By John R. Clark, MLIS First off, there won't be a Library column next week as I will be on vacation chewing on bushes and spouting 'real-man' drivel off in the wilderness. Every change in the Library has both positive and negative effects. As circulation files have grown over the years, the number of disks involved has grown to 8 and the amount of time to complete the daily process has increased to almost hour. The operation was a success and backup now takes 3 disks and 5 minutes. Over a year's time, this means a savings of 86.6 hours we can be doing something else and the circulation system will be available for checking out books.
Patrons continue to be supportive of our drive to increase the video collection.
This week we have added The Third Man, The Snows of Kilimanjaro and E.T to our video holdings. As Christmas approaches, we are beginning the plans for our Christmas Angel Program and are considering adding Videos as a category for giving choices. With two potential funding sources for this category, we would like to hear from you as to which ones you would like us to get. Stop by and let us know. I want to make it perfectly clear that we are not planning to compete with the local video rental stores.