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In response to "wouldn't inactivity rates being be a good thing? it means they are popular items, correct? i would feel that items with the lowest inactivity rate " by Andie

There's a "sweet spot" for inactivity rates. Too low means less variety to choose from (items on the shelf at any given moment), and it means you're

Posted by mara Oct 10 '13, 10:22

"leaving circs on the table," so to speak. That is, if there were more items in a low-inactivity rate section, you'd get more circs.

So yes, it's always a good thing to add items to low inactivity rate areas. The question is, how low is too low. Is a 5% inactivity rate for DVDs so low as to be surprising to you?

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i can't say it's "surprising" because i don't know the norms, but if i was guessing, i would say it sounded too low and that people are looking for - Andie Oct 10, 10:24 1
- What's fun is I don't know the norms either! I really want to poll the so-called 5-star libraries and see what theirs are. - mara Oct 10, 10:26

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There's a "sweet spot" for inactivity rates. Too low means less variety to choose from (items on the shelf at any given moment), and it means you're

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