Announcement from the Director

Art Prints No Longer Circulating

We regret to announce that as of today, May 26, 2017, BPL will no longer be circulating our collection of art prints to the public. As custodians of your tax dollars, in a time of increased uncertainty concerning funding for libraries, we have to look at all of the services we provide to our patrons and evaluate them honestly. As of this writing, the total circulation of our art prints in 2017—that is, the number of times a patron has checked out an item from the collection—amounts to .15% of our total circulation. Add in the cost of art prints, which is often more than 10 times that of books or DVDs, and it becomes apparent that the cost-benefit ratio does not support a sustained collection. Simply stated, BPL feels that the money allocated for the purchase of art prints, and the space that the art prints occupy, could be put to better use.

For those of you wondering what will happen to our current collection of art prints, the library is planning to host an art and book sale at a currently unspecified date later this summer. For an opportunity to purchase your favorite prints, please check back with this blog, or follow us on social media for updates.

If you are currently in possession of one of our art prints, you may keep it until its current due date as usual.

Thank you,

Kyle Burkett
Director, BPL