Audiovisual+and+CD+Improvements


 * The Mojave Desert Public Library has a decent collection of audio visual/CD materials. However, patrons often give up on them because**
 * they can't find what they're looking for due to items not placed in alphabetical order, and even worse, not placed in any genre or divider of any kind.**



__//**What We Have: **//__

An decent AudioVisual/CD collection that is unfortunately not in alphabetical order.



It's always difficult for the patron to search for the item of their choice when it is not in alphabetical order. Here, you can see that M is next to R, which does not help the patron. ||

__//**What We Need: **//__ The AV/CD collection that is put in alphabetical order or at the very least, in alphabetical order by letter.



Record shops and media outlet stores such as Best Buy have a nice alphabetical order system that can help the patron find what he/she is looking for quickly and easily. ||
 * __//**What We Have: **//__

An Audiovisual/CD collection that lacks genres.



What good is a decent media collection when the patron has to browse through the collection that is not divided up by genre. For example, pop/rock, latin, blues, etc, should be divided up by genre for CDs as comedy, suspense, romance, etc should be for DVDs. || __//**What We Need: **//__ == ==

An Audiovisual/CD collection that is divided up into genres.

Once again, taking a cue from record shops and media outlet stores, when the collection is split up into genres, the patron can then look in that genre and find what they are looking for alphabetically. This makes browsing an easy pleasure, not a chore. ||


 * __//**Cost: **//__

A label would cost $2.54. Therefore, the size of the collection will determine the total cost. The Mojave Desert Public Library, with their ever-increasing community population, has an estimated media collection of 1,000 items, which will make the total cost $2,540.

__//**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">So What: **//__

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 130%;">The Audio Visual/CD collection represents a large part of the library's circulating collection due to the fact that visual and audio represent leisure and escapism among many patrons. With a city that is growing the fastest in California, not to mention a relatively young community, having a media collection arranged properly by genre and in alphabetical order is of up-most importance. The patron can now look/browse for the material of their choice in a simple and efficient matter, which should increase the circulation and browsing pleasure of this already popular collection. ||