I totally agree that your solution of limiting holds to KDL patrons would be a great one. However, as a member of the Lakeland Library Cooperative we are required to make all materials that we own “holdable” by everyone in the cooperative, and in return, we may borrow the materials owned by all other members. The only exception to this rule is Express items, which cannot have holds placed on them at all. So basically, it’s an “all or nothing” situation with holds, and we feel that since we are one of the only libraries that collect console games, it is more fair to our patrons to keep them as Express. In the future, if other member libraries opt to collect these games, we may revisit this policy. Thanks for your comment, and I promise to keep buying as many games as my budget allows!

Tammy Schneider
Collection Development Librarian

We’re glad that you like our new collection, the response to it has been overwhelmingly positive! I would like to take this opportunity to explain the reasoning behind the 3-week loan period for games. We regularly survey users of our videogames, and every time the majority of responders said that one week is not enough to learn and “defeat” the game. In addition, the core users of this collection are young teens who depend on adults to get to the library, so it is very inconvenient for most of them to come back in one week just to return their game. Having a loan period consistent with print materials decreases the likelihood that users will rack up huge overdue fines. We will continue as always to carefully consider input from our patrons, and will re-evaluate the policy again next year. Thanks for your comment!

Tammy Schneider
Collection Development Librarian

We’d love to accept donations of Wii games. Be sure to ask for a receipt, your donation may even be tax deductible!