I Donated Firefly & Serenity to my local library .....

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PUMAMANREDUX

Monday, November 27, 2006 1:32 AM

This is the content of my recent blog at livejournal http://pumaman-redux.livejournal.com/

____ Suffice it to say my Turkey Day 2006 was above average ...

I made my usual T-Day pilgrimmage to my fathers on the wednesday before, ate there and then left Friday at around 1pm to make it to work for part of Black Friday (was scheduled for 5pm) ....

I made a stop at Curcuit City on Wednesday because they were selling Firefly: The Complete Series for $19.99. I picked up 2 copies with the intent to finally donate them so patrons of two libraries in my area could see the show. I went to FYE on Friday and got a copy of the special edition of Airplane! and a copy of Serenity.

Saturday morning I went to my local library and left one copy of Firefly and the copy of Serenity with the person on duty who was a high schooler who was very surprised at my action and asked if I had seen the movie while the whole concept of my dropping off the dvds hit. He told me he would be borrowing the discs (once they get put into curculation). I still have that second copy of Firefly .. may a) Donate it to the same library b) Donate it to another library or c) do something else

... then I went to w*** for the day

... I then got home and started to watch a syndicated ep of CSI: Miami and it had Sean Maher of Firefly/ Serenity fame as a suspect in an episode entitled Spring Break [season 1, episode 21, according to imdb.com] ___________

IZZOW

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 1:33 AM

Good to hear your library donation experience turned out well.

My experience did not go so well. While visiting family over the winter break, I donated a copy of Firefly to the local library. I figured if I could not be around to spread the word, the least I could do was leave a copy of Firefly behind for others to enjoy. The next time I was back in town, I stopped by the library to see how well things were working out. I couldn't find the DVDs on the shelf or in the card catalog. I asked a librarian what happened to them. Turns out the library sold the box set instead of putting it into circulation.

The down side is that the DVDs aren't being enjoyed by as many people as I would have liked. But the bright side is, there is at least one more Browncoat out there. So if you're planning to donate Firefly or Serenity to a library and want it put into circulation, check with the librarians first to find out the process for adding new DVDs to the circulation material.

PUMAMANREDUX

Tuesday, November 28, 2006 2:31 AM

ow ----

I'll be making sure the box set and the movie made it into curculation tomorrow or Thursday ....

CRUITHNE3753

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 9:05 PM

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Originally posted by PumamanRedux:
... then I went to w*** for the day

Any British Browncoats reading this thread have a quick snicker... You did mean work, right?

TERRI

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:48 PM

lol, wank. I almost didna get it. Um, anyway, yeah, sometimes (at least at my school) you can request for books or movies that you'd like to see on the shelves. I tried to get America the Book a couple of years ago, and they got it. We've actually already gotten Serenity so now the Firefly campaign starts.

PUMAMANREDUX

Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:03 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Cruithne3753:
Quote:
Originally posted by PumamanRedux:
... then I went to w*** for the day

Any British Browncoats reading this thread have a quick snicker... You did mean work, right?

Yes .. I meant w*** er work, Cruithne3753

I refer to it that way usually on instant messengers

MAVOURNEEN

Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:15 PM

To anyone who's read this thread and thought against donating a set to their library:

Check with the Head Librarian first. Build a Browncoaty Relationship with him/her.

I went to my local library a year ago and asked how donations work. We started chatting, and she really liked the idea of donating the set to the library. I bought it, gave it to her, and now my Firefly box set is one of the most checked out sets.
After talking with other librarians in the area, SHE called ME and asked if I had any more to donate - other libraries wanted it, too. So far, I've donated 7 sets to libraries. I've also donated 3 copies of Serenity.

In Maryland, you fill out a donation form and turn it in with the box set.
I get a tax write-off, and recruit at the same time.

RAZZA

Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:01 PM

Definitely check with the library administration what happens to donations before giving them a set of firefly DVD's. Many public library systems do not even offer movies or entertainment material to patrons, restricting their collections to educational documentaries. I work for a just such a library system and any DVD sets donated to us would be given to the "Friends of the Library" to be sold at book sales. Now, these "Friends" organizations do great work in helping the local public library bring more services to the community, so any donations will be well worth the effort, but don't assume that what you donate will immediately be put into circulation and made available to others. This is a great idea if your library does carry entertainment materials though!

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"There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration."
---Andrew Carnegie

"Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly."
---Roger Ebert

PUMAMANREDUX

Friday, December 1, 2006 4:32 AM

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Originally posted by PumamanRedux:

ow ----

I'll be making sure the box set and the movie made it into circulation tomorrow or Thursday ....

Checked on Tuesday and the Firefly boxed set and copy of Serenity were in the process of being put in circulation (ie duly entered into the digital database, etc)

GOMITHROUS

Wednesday, December 6, 2006 10:58 PM

Grrr... I've been watching CSI: Miami every night for the past month waiting for that episode, and I don't even like the show!!! They play 3 episodes back to back every night and I still haven't seen it, I even watched a 16 episode marathon one time hoping it would be on!!! Oh and kudos on the library thing, it's a good idea I'll see if I can try and spread the word a similar way, maybe buy copies for my friends or something.

Beware the Giant Sock-Eating Purple Llama!!!

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