Pop Alternatives

摘要

We've all been there: "Do you have the new Taylor Swift?" a hopeful young patron asks, bouncing on her toes. "Well, we can put it on hold for you. But there are more than 200 people ahead of you in line," you say. "Oh, never mind," she replies, crestfallen. No matter how proactive and demand-sensitive our collection development efforts, when something is just too popular to keep on the shelf there's not a lot we can do. This is particularly common for pop music. Of course, depending on your library, there are always streaming options like Freegal or Hoopla, and this would be an ideal situation to promote such services. But sometimes there's no substitute for pulling an item off the shelf and handing it over.