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Do you use the library?
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leswp1
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Re: Do you use the library?
Go every week with my kid since he was 2 (he is now 13). Only way I can afford to keep us both in books. Hardly ever get to the stacks. Stick with the new book section downstairs- 1-2 books most weeks. L'il has slowed down but used to read up to 20 a week when he was littler.
Go every week with my kid since he was 2 (he is now 13). Only way I can afford to keep us both in books. Hardly ever get to the stacks. Stick with the new book section downstairs- 1-2 books most weeks. L'il has slowed down but used to read up to 20 a week when he was littler.
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Re: Do you use the library?
Weird... I like to go to Borders and look at books for an hour or two... but I never go to the library.
I know... I'm pathetic
Weird... I like to go to Borders and look at books for an hour or two... but I never go to the library.
I know... I'm pathetic
Re: Do you use the library?
I like to browse too, and find things I may not have thought about - I have lists of books I want to read, but I walk around fiction, and certain non-fiction sections (like cooking and baseball) to look at all of them.
my library recently got self-checkout and it is the BEST THING EVER.
I really enjoy the library. CD's, Books I want to read but not buy, just browsing the aisles and seeing something I may not have thought about and winding up with a real gem of a read.
And free, to boot!
I like to browse too, and find things I may not have thought about - I have lists of books I want to read, but I walk around fiction, and certain non-fiction sections (like cooking and baseball) to look at all of them.
my library recently got self-checkout and it is the BEST THING EVER.
Re: Do you use the library?
Considering I worked in libraries for thirty years, you'd think I'd use them more. I buy most of the books I read, usually at Borders, because I don't want to wait for them to become available and also for lending to friends. In the last couple of years since I retired I have started using the library network online to have books located and sent to my local town library for me. That is really a great service.
Considering I worked in libraries for thirty years, you'd think I'd use them more. I buy most of the books I read, usually at Borders, because I don't want to wait for them to become available and also for lending to friends. In the last couple of years since I retired I have started using the library network online to have books located and sent to my local town library for me. That is really a great service.
Re: Do you use the library?
I'm a big interlibrary loan fan too - especially when it can be done completely online. I just search the county catalog for my book, pick the library I want it sent to - and get an email when it arrives. My library's not that big, but the county network is, so I can get just about anything I want. Proved very handy in grad school, too - I got stuck with a book for a paper that wasn't located ANYWHERE in the area - would've had to buy it, but one of the other UW campuses had it, and let me have it for the entire semester.
I find it hard to convince myself to spend money on books, especially when I think about how many boxes of them I gave to our last rummage sale, and how many are still in my basement, unread.
I didn't really use the library for leisure (as an adult) until I started library school, maybe 4-5 years ago. It's easy to forget about it, if you don't visit often.
I'm a big interlibrary loan fan too - especially when it can be done completely online. I just search the county catalog for my book, pick the library I want it sent to - and get an email when it arrives. My library's not that big, but the county network is, so I can get just about anything I want. Proved very handy in grad school, too - I got stuck with a book for a paper that wasn't located ANYWHERE in the area - would've had to buy it, but one of the other UW campuses had it, and let me have it for the entire semester.
I find it hard to convince myself to spend money on books, especially when I think about how many boxes of them I gave to our last rummage sale, and how many are still in my basement, unread.
I didn't really use the library for leisure (as an adult) until I started library school, maybe 4-5 years ago. It's easy to forget about it, if you don't visit often.
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I didn't know you went to library school. Why would I, I guess. Do you work as a librarian now, and if so, what kind of library employs you?
I'm a big interlibrary loan fan too - especially when it can be done completely online. I just search the county catalog for my book, pick the library I want it sent to - and get an email when it arrives. My library's not that big, but the county network is, so I can get just about anything I want. Proved very handy in grad school, too - I got stuck with a book for a paper that wasn't located ANYWHERE in the area - would've had to buy it, but one of the other UW campuses had it, and let me have it for the entire semester.
I find it hard to convince myself to spend money on books, especially when I think about how many boxes of them I gave to our last rummage sale, and how many are still in my basement, unread.
I didn't really use the library for leisure (as an adult) until I started library school, maybe 4-5 years ago. It's easy to forget about it, if you don't visit often.
I didn't know you went to library school. Why would I, I guess. Do you work as a librarian now, and if so, what kind of library employs you?
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nope, I don't work at a library. Decided to keep my current job for now and use my degree for... volunteer work. Really enjoyed all the classes, though.
nope, I don't work at a library. Decided to keep my current job for now and use my degree for... volunteer work. Really enjoyed all the classes, though.
Zudnic
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Re: Do you use the library?
I too am a deep devotee of the online requst-and-fulfill service of the Minuteman network here in the Boston area. It's really the only government service I use with any regularity. Luckily it's one of the few they've gotten right.
I too am a deep devotee of the online requst-and-fulfill service of the Minuteman network here in the Boston area. It's really the only government service I use with any regularity. Luckily it's one of the few they've gotten right.