tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post7344365127086413570..comments2023-12-15T16:56:37.686-06:00Comments on Don't Mess with TX-LIS: What I've learned from ordering: FictionEmmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-45442662999878762782017-01-04T17:40:03.444-06:002017-01-04T17:40:03.444-06:00That is encouraging to me for my personal situatio...That is encouraging to me for my personal situation, but discouraging in the grand scheme of things.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-81788168525940359132017-01-04T17:39:43.165-06:002017-01-04T17:39:43.165-06:00I've thought about this and calculated cost pe...I've thought about this and calculated cost per checkout for titles before. Unfortunately, I have no frame of reference for what a 'good' or 'bad' cost/circ actually is, so I didn't do anything with the information once I had it.<br /><br />I also wonder about cases where something like this happens: the very first person to check out the book spills coffee all over it and we have to withdraw the item. That would obviously skew the numbers upward.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06490395700786919792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-60593986853822974872017-01-04T12:59:34.089-06:002017-01-04T12:59:34.089-06:00I suppose you could calculate the ROI for a book ....I suppose you could calculate the ROI for a book ... but that's a pretty cold and cut n' dried way to look at libraries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295072463041838232.post-35465560995459397882017-01-04T09:36:39.127-06:002017-01-04T09:36:39.127-06:00I think fiction would be really hard. Probably eve...I think fiction would be really hard. Probably even people who've been selecting for years don't have it figured out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com