New Zealand: Library Dumps CD Collection as Vinyl Comes ‘Full Circle’
From Stuff:
Elaine Jamieson still has the first CD she ever bought.
It was Donna Summer – Hot Stuff. She still listens some weekends, wine in hand.
Jamieson works at New Plymouth’s combined museum and library, Puke Ariki, which has recently decided to get rid of its CD collection to make way for vinyl.
[Clip]
The collection is to be withdrawn on Monday, September, 4 due to lack of use. Puke Ariki manager Kelvin Day said.
Four years ago, 2498 CDs were issued from the collection, Day said.
Last year, that dropped to 559.
Read the Complete Article
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. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
ADVERTISEMENT
Archives
ADVERTISEMENT
