where to find an old movie

[mellowtigger]

Out of curiosity alone, I thought about watching the last Star Wars movie in a way that wouldn't financially benefit the makers of it.  More on that topic another day.

I finally realized that the Minneapolis library probably has a copy.  I checked online, and they have several.  Unfortunately, the copy at my local library ("North Regional") is marked as lost (click "View details").

I wondered if it was marked that way only because of the renovations?  I went to their webpage to find the location's status.  The renovations have finally ended, so I guess it really is lost. 

They have an open house tour this coming Saturday to celebrate their reopening.  I've been to a few of our city library branches, pre-pandemic.  I happen to think that my local one is the best small branch location.  Very beautiful, even before renovation.  I'm still in pandemic mode, though, so I won't be joining any indoor events.

Comments

[wispywillow]

As a librarian, usually if something is unavailable due to renovations, it'd be marked as "Temporarily Unavailable" or something similar. Could you get them to obtain a copy from a different library? I'm not sure how interlibrary lending works in other states.

[mellowtigger]

Someone (who reads here but doesn't blog) emailed me to make that suggestion too. I'll probably give it a try this weekend, although I'll still probably avoid going during the official tour. I figure I should talk to a live human, since I don't know what I'm doing. LOL I'll post back here with whatever I learn. :)

Edit Monday: I went to the library. They certainly did rearrange. The movie was listed as checked out this time, so I just picked up a different one. I'll keep trying. :)

[wispywillow]

Awesome! Librarians usually do everything we can to help someone out ^_^ Hopefully you'll get your mitts on it soon. Get on a waiting list if it gets to be too difficult to nab it.