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owlectomyNothing will make you feel like an Old like working at a library.
"Can I get the Karate Kid DVD?"
"The new one or the old one?"
"There's an old one?"
"Can I get the Tron DVD?"
"The new one or the old one?"
"There's an old one?"
The Sound of Music is big among Orthodox folks at my library even though the main character starts out as a nun. Well, it's a family-friendly World War II movie that ends happily; I guess that's enough to recommend it. So normally I wouldn't even ask "the new one or the old one?", passing the remake over without comment like the Gus Van Sant remake of Psycho. But one embarrassing time I was forced to say, "We don't have the original The Sound of Music checked in, but do you remember last year Carrie Underwood starred in a remake on TV? Well -- it's not supposed to be very good. But we have it checked in."
Last week I got "Do you have any old-fashioned DVDs?" and I was about to suggest some classics, but it was my colleague who guessed what the patron was looking for: VHS tapes.
"Can I get the Karate Kid DVD?"
"The new one or the old one?"
"There's an old one?"
"Can I get the Tron DVD?"
"The new one or the old one?"
"There's an old one?"
The Sound of Music is big among Orthodox folks at my library even though the main character starts out as a nun. Well, it's a family-friendly World War II movie that ends happily; I guess that's enough to recommend it. So normally I wouldn't even ask "the new one or the old one?", passing the remake over without comment like the Gus Van Sant remake of Psycho. But one embarrassing time I was forced to say, "We don't have the original The Sound of Music checked in, but do you remember last year Carrie Underwood starred in a remake on TV? Well -- it's not supposed to be very good. But we have it checked in."
Last week I got "Do you have any old-fashioned DVDs?" and I was about to suggest some classics, but it was my colleague who guessed what the patron was looking for: VHS tapes.
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27/6/15 22:12 (UTC)it seems like librarians have had more formats to deal with in the past 30 years than in any other time in history, but then how long have their been public libraries?
The NLS division for folks with reading impairments made one exceptionally good choice in skipping disks, even though they must be sturdier than cassettes.