Blu-ray Discs sliding into public libraries -- has yours made the move?

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Originally Posted by Captainhawk1

That is NOT good news.

I've never been a fan of libraries having VHS, DVD's or music avaialble to borrow. These cost a lot of money and add nothing to the overall mission of the library.

The library shouldn't be there to act as a video store subsidized by the tax payers.

Seriously, who do you think pays for this?

I think most libraries do surveys, so if yours is one that does surveys, you are obviously in the minority. As for who pays, education and enrichment is good for society and I think for most libraries the voters get to decide a lot of the funding.

The mission of the library is whatever we decide it to be, whatever suits our purposes, whims or fancy. It's a library, not a religion.

Some books come with music CDs and even video DVDs. Whether the art is in book form, graphic novel form or motion picture form, etc., libraries should have them. What's the difference between graphic novels, including literary classics like The Watchmen, and motion pictures? Nothing, except in one, the pictures are moving.