Post by Blue Sunflower on Jun 15, 2009 0:46:57 GMT -5
Mainly because I think this may have been lost in the other thread, I'm putting this on in its own thread. While we can always donate to libraries (I'll put that in its own thread), some *do* have resources to purchase copies on their own, and I think this is a VERY valuable idea. The library system can be a major purchaser, and at the very least we may be successful in getting them to purchase some DVDs that otherwise would not be sold.
I'm gonna try and start putting some links up for people to go through and request, but I recommend everyone trying to put up their own links if possible.
Anyways, here's the copy-over of what I wrote before:
Wdpender, you well may be a genius. I actually went to Multnomah County, and they didn't even have Reaper! For Pete's sake, Portland's one of the largest Reaper markets, and Bret's from Tualatin! I'm gonna go to Clackamas and Washington and request there too.
I highly suggest everyone here who can google "purchase request library [your county]" and request your library to purchase a copy - even if they already have some. If they've got demand (like Cleveland apparently), they may well buy more - particularly if they start getting overloaded with requests.
Hell, look up your university library too. I saw several pages where you can request DVDs for them too.
Also, these links might be helpful:
Public Libraries, a state by state listing
www.publiclibraries.com/
American Library Association
www.ala.org/
LibCat, another library listing by state
www.librarysites.info/
I'm gonna try and start putting some links up for people to go through and request, but I recommend everyone trying to put up their own links if possible.
Anyways, here's the copy-over of what I wrote before:
I've mentioned this before, and I was thinking that this might fit in with this campaign. The local library systems in my area (Cleveland) are all on-line. I'm sure many/most library systems throughout the country, and maybe the world, have the same on-line access. This would be very easy for everyone on this site to do and it would swell our number dramatically!!! My idea is to have everone go into their local library systems and see if they have a copy/copies of Reaper (either season) and report that number to the savereaper@yahoo.com address for compiliation and reporting to whomever we decide to report it to. All of these copies reflect purchases that have been made of these DVD's. Any, perhaps more importantly, we could also report on how these copies are circulating. For example, I can go into the Cleveland Library System and place a hold on one of the DVD sets and it tells me if one is available, and if not, where I am on the waiting list. That would give the receiver of our information a good idea of how popular the show is. At the current time, the Cleveland Library System has 10 copies of Reaper Season 1, and none are available for withdrawal. I just placed a hold on it and came up 8th. That means that 10 people currently have the DVD set and there are another 8 waiting for it. And this, I might point out, is after seven months of the set being available. During that seven month period, I have never logged on and found any of the 10 copies immediately available. So, in summary, the 10 copies in the Cleveland Library System have all been checked out continuously for the past seven months, and there are still people waiting to see it!!!! I would think this would be a very good gauge of the popularity of the show. I just checked the Cleveland System for Season 2 and they have 8 copies on order and there are already 18 people waiting to withdraw it. A suburban system outside of Cleveland, Geauga County Library has 2 copies of Season 1 and one copy (I currently have it) of Season 2. That makes a total of 21 copies of Reaper available in just these two systems. Those represent 21 DVD sales which are easily verifiable. What does everyone else think about this idea??
Wdpender, you well may be a genius. I actually went to Multnomah County, and they didn't even have Reaper! For Pete's sake, Portland's one of the largest Reaper markets, and Bret's from Tualatin! I'm gonna go to Clackamas and Washington and request there too.
I highly suggest everyone here who can google "purchase request library [your county]" and request your library to purchase a copy - even if they already have some. If they've got demand (like Cleveland apparently), they may well buy more - particularly if they start getting overloaded with requests.
Hell, look up your university library too. I saw several pages where you can request DVDs for them too.
Also, these links might be helpful:
Public Libraries, a state by state listing
www.publiclibraries.com/
American Library Association
www.ala.org/
LibCat, another library listing by state
www.librarysites.info/