Leisure Viewing Collection: Penn St. University Libraries Begin Lending DVDs of Popular Films and TV Programs
News From Penn St. University Libraries:
Do you like to relax watching television or films — like multiple seasons of “30 Rock,” the “Big Bang Theory,” “Downton Abbey;” movies like “Argo;” or the entire “Star Wars,” “Twilight,” or “Star Trek” series. Now you can borrow these and more for your enjoyment from the new Leisure Viewing Collection — Movies and TV Series
Items can be checked out at the Commons Services Desk for a loan period of one week.
The collection was developed on student recommendations.
A Few (very few) More Examples of Academic Libraries Lending “Popular” Titles
See Also: University of British Columbia: “New Library Collection Highlights Good Reads, the Old-Fashioned Way” (February 13, 2013)
See Also: DVD-LEND at Emory University
See Also: Popular Reading Collection at U. of Maryland
See Also: Recreational DVD Collection at Carnegie Mellon University
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.