Not your father’s library: DVDs, CDs prove more popular than books

stamfordadvocate.com Highlights the South Norwalk library.

DVDs circulate every day, every hour of the week,” said Reginald St. Fort, a South Norwalk branch librarian.

The popularity of DVD-borrowing has led a surge in the circulation of the library’s audio and visual materials. These CDs, videotapes, audiotapes and DVDs make up 11 percent of the 268,000 items in the library’s collection, yet they represent 45 percent of all items circulated in a month.

The shift toward nonprint materials, happening in libraries statewide, has been gaining momentum for years and has altered the approach libraries take in meeting clientele demand.