First, the video limit: starting today, you can take out up to ten VHS tapes, plus up to five DVDs. A year or two ago ten VHS tapes would have been too many, but with so many patrons moving to DVD, we think it may work okay now. And five DVDs is only one more than the four we've been allowing, so hopefully that will not hit the selection too hard. We do still have the limit of 2 on the new releases.

Also, some patrons have been asking about our CD and DVD resurfacer, and whether we can resurface their personal discs. We now have a policy in place for this: we can put your discs through the resurfacer for $2 each. This fee is intended to help defray the costs of the various fluids and consumable pads that the resurfacer uses.

In other news, when people sign up for a new or replacement library card now, we're mailing it to their home. The point of this is to verify the address. People who have just moved into town often don't have their address on their ID yet, and sometimes they struggle to find anything that shows it; this way they don't have to.

The actual new cards (i.e., the previously discussed wallet-and-keychain pair with the new design) won't be ready for a while yet (we've ordered them, but it takes some time to get them printed), but when they do arrive, we plan to continue with the mailing plan.