Locker for after hours pickup
Thank you to all who responded. The overwhelming response is that patrons of libraries who have installed lockers love them. I heard from just one library who felt that use had fallen off and might not keep them, but there were 18 libraries total with them, and 5 who wanted more information because they are considering them. A couple of the larger systems had installed them in a single branch to begin with, but plan to continue to expand their use. Responses were from all sizes of libraries and well distributed around the lower peninsula. My query was born of looking for alternatives to expanding hours when our past history means that those hours will serve very few patrons. Lockers look like a very cost-effective option. Libraries who have lockers, in no particular order, include: Loutit Gladwin County Jordan Valley Presque Isle Hudsonville Petoskey Harrison District Pere Marquette District East Lansing Jackson - Meijer Branch Cadillac-Wexford Saginaw Tribal Libraries Grand Rapids Public (3 branches) Howell Southgate Brandon Township Novi Grand Ledge Again, thanks to all who responded. Ann Ann Sanders Director Dorothy Hull Library Windsor Township 405 W Jefferson Dimondale MI 48821 517-646-0633 dimondalelibrary@gmail.com windsor-township.ploud.net
I must have missed this thread earlier... Chesterfield Township Library has had outdoor pickup lockers for about two years now. Patrons love the convenience. We built off the idea that Otsego Library posted (I don't see them on the list). We ultimately went with the all-weather, 6-tier option from uline <https://www.uline.com/BL_1633/All-Weather-Lockers>. On Tue, Jan 17, 2023 at 2:40 PM Dorothy Hull Library via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Thank you to all who responded. The overwhelming response is that patrons of libraries who have installed lockers love them. I heard from just one library who felt that use had fallen off and might not keep them, but there were 18 libraries total with them, and 5 who wanted more information because they are considering them. A couple of the larger systems had installed them in a single branch to begin with, but plan to continue to expand their use. Responses were from all sizes of libraries and well distributed around the lower peninsula.
My query was born of looking for alternatives to expanding hours when our past history means that those hours will serve very few patrons. Lockers look like a very cost-effective option.
Libraries who have lockers, in no particular order, include:
Loutit Gladwin County Jordan Valley Presque Isle Hudsonville Petoskey Harrison District Pere Marquette District East Lansing Jackson - Meijer Branch Cadillac-Wexford Saginaw Tribal Libraries Grand Rapids Public (3 branches) Howell Southgate Brandon Township Novi Grand Ledge
Again, thanks to all who responded.
Ann
Ann Sanders Director
Dorothy Hull Library Windsor Township 405 W Jefferson Dimondale MI 48821
517-646-0633 dimondalelibrary@gmail.com
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