The library

[kalu]

Why didn't I see it right in front of my eyes?

I am never paying for DVDs, books or CDs again.* Sure, interlibrary loan isn't the greatest, and the speed really depends on the location, but it's worth a shot at least. Also, to those who are in college, graduate school, whatever, PLEASE PLEASE use your school's library. Get cookbooks. Order wacky shit, do anything. Some of this stuff is classic and hard to come by.

I wish the library had food and clothes too.

*Slight exaggeration.

[jake williams]

Libraries are awesome. My mom works at the local uni library and we get tons of free shit, if only on loan for 8 months. The actual public library sucks though.

[RHIZOMES]

At Auckland Uni we have an AV library, where you can just ask for so and so movie and then watch it on one of their TVs.

It is so awesome when I have nothing else to do

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

You have to pay to borrow music/DVDs from my local library. :rolleyes: Shit sucks.

[Kamerat]

I been borrowing some books by Marx and Engels and SU's communist party lately. Its great, there are 3 public librerys in close proximity and a library at school.

You have to pay to borrow music/DVDs from my local library. :rolleyes: Shit sucks.
Pay? Its not a library if you have to pay. Its a video rental outlet.

Why didn't I see it right in front of my eyes?

I am never paying for DVDs, books or CDs again.* Sure, interlibrary loan isn't the greatest, and the speed really depends on the location, but it's worth a shot at least. Also, to those who are in college, graduate school, whatever, PLEASE PLEASE use your school's library. Get cookbooks. Order wacky shit, do anything. Some of this stuff is classic and hard to come by.

I wish the library had food and clothes too.

*Slight exaggeration.
My school library do not have all that much except school books.

Why would you want to borrow food and clothes, clothes i understand if they are washed and your not borrowing briefs/panties. But food? It will only make you more hungry as you cant eat it (must be returned in the same condition as you got it), just smell and look at it.

[Sarah Palin]

Libraries are the best man. I go there for all of my music, book, vidyo, and sometimes internet needs. I just whip out my card and they treat me like a VIP. I'm in the exclusive club of everyone.

[Sam_b]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BezT0aygaQ0

[DecDoom]

My library's nonfiction section is horribly outdated. It mostly consists of books talking about two things:

1. What can be done about the threat of communism. :lol:

2. How US victory in Vietnam is inevitable. :laugh:

[kalu]

You have to pay to borrow music/DVDs from my local library. :rolleyes: Shit sucks.

What?! That's a shitty "library" if you have to pay. I don't know of any place that does that.

Nice one Sam.:laugh:

And good point Kamerat about food. I'll just stick with clothes, you get the idea.

[jake williams]

BezT0aygaQ0
"Joyless bastard" my ass, I love you.

[Bilan]

Libraries are definitely good for that. The only problem is I tend to lose the reciept with the due date oni, and cop a massive fine because I return it late/never.

[The Author]

Libraries kick ass. Especially ones that have lots of good material. Never heard of a library that charges for DVDs and CDs, though. If that happened at the library I frequently visit, or if they started charging people for using Internet access on the computers, everyone would stop coming... except for those people who actually are interested in the books.

EDIT: Some academic libraries charge you for a library card if you're not a student but only a visitor and you want to borrow books or other items (a limited number of items, borrowing privileges vary from library to library). Which can be a pain in the ass. Yeah, membership is annual, but you're paying to get access and it pisses me off that a lot of the resources at college or academic libraries are still only accessible to students and staff and not to general laypeople like myself, who are the only paying patrons.

When it comes to due dates, I usually access my account from a library on computer using the pin number from my card. I can view due dates of whatever I checked out and even renew them. Don't know if they have this kind of electronic view/renewal system in Australia.

[spiltteeth]

I am banned from all the libraries in my state and one state over. :(

[Sarah Palin]

I am banned from all the libraries in my state and one state over. :(

Ahhhh that sucks. In the town I used to live in, the library was shit. So I went to the next town over and signed up for a card at their pristine facilities... With a fake address. All was well until I took out this thousand page novel and kept it out for months. Apparently they were sending notices to my fake address, I never got them, etc. CARD REVOKED. BANHAMMER.

But in the town I currently live in, you can take out Rosetta Stone. I'm on the waiting list for. Ima be fluent in all them languages.

[DecDoom]

But in the town I currently live in, you can take out Rosetta Stone. I'm on the waiting list for. Ima be fluent in all them languages.

Now THERE is something I wish we had. For every time I get the idea to learn *blank* language.

[NecroCommie]

I worked six months in my local library, which by the way is part of the largest library networks in the world. We have practically every song ever recorded in our archives, and our movie selection starts to increase too.

I'm not THAT much into books, although some fantasy and sci-fi novels find their way in my hands from time to time. Our libraries also loan internet broadband modems (portable), Digital TV adapters, headphones (to listen music within the library premises), and we have our wireless network set up so that you can just open your laptop near the library and browse. Many customers use the w-lan from the nearby mall, to the great grief of the companies that provide non-free w-lan in there.

The main library also has daily club activity in every section. The youth section where I worked was popular among the immigrants, and contained boardgame club (you could borrow the games), chess club (separate), Demo-nights for local bands, soundproof rooms for bands to play and pianists to practice, studio for those beginner bands to record, videogame room was open everyday and in addition there was a separate section for World of Warcraft computers, and you could have your free account for WOW with your library card. :D

I'm most certainly not kidding about the last one, I had to constantly advice the kids on how to start the game and what's the best way to farm etc. Must have been the only job interview where the boss asked whether I could play WOW, and then say "good" when I answered positively. :laugh:

[Sarah Palin]

I worked six months in my local library, which by the way is part of the largest library networks in the world. We have practically every song ever recorded in our archives, and our movie selection starts to increase too.

I'm not THAT much into books, although some fantasy and sci-fi novels find their way in my hands from time to time. Our libraries also loan internet broadband modems (portable), Digital TV adapters, headphones (to listen music within the library premises), and we have our wireless network set up so that you can just open your laptop near the library and browse. Many customers use the w-lan from the nearby mall, to the great grief of the companies that provide non-free w-lan in there.

The main library also has daily club activity in every section. The youth section where I worked was popular among the immigrants, and contained boardgame club (you could borrow the games), chess club (separate), Demo-nights for local bands, soundproof rooms for bands to play and pianists to practice, studio for those beginner bands to record, videogame room was open everyday and in addition there was a separate section for World of Warcraft computers, and you could have your free account for WOW with your library card. :D

I'm most certainly not kidding about the last one, I had to constantly advice the kids on how to start the game and what's the best way to farm etc. Must have been the only job interview where the boss asked whether I could play WOW, and then say "good" when I answered positively. :laugh:

You've got me packing for Finland.

[eyedrop]

My library's nonfiction section is horribly outdated. It mostly consists of books talking about two things:

1. What can be done about the threat of communism. :lol:

2. How US victory in Vietnam is inevitable. :laugh:

My local library had it in its policy that it was obliged to get any books you requested. If you sent in a book request they had to buy it or otherwise get it.




But in the town I currently live in, you can take out Rosetta Stone. I'm on the waiting list for. Ima be fluent in all them languages.

Some pirate affliated folks I met on the internet helped me get Rosetta Stone free for as long as I like. In as many languages as I like as well.



You have to pay to borrow music/DVDs from my local library. http://www.revleft.com/vb/../revleft/smilies/001_rolleyes.gif Shit sucks. Free libraries should be in the definition of a civilized country.

[Kamerat]

I worked six months in my local library, which by the way is part of the largest library networks in the world. We have practically every song ever recorded in our archives, and our movie selection starts to increase too.

I'm not THAT much into books, although some fantasy and sci-fi novels find their way in my hands from time to time. Our libraries also loan internet broadband modems (portable), Digital TV adapters, headphones (to listen music within the library premises), and we have our wireless network set up so that you can just open your laptop near the library and browse. Many customers use the w-lan from the nearby mall, to the great grief of the companies that provide non-free w-lan in there.

The main library also has daily club activity in every section. The youth section where I worked was popular among the immigrants, and contained boardgame club (you could borrow the games), chess club (separate), Demo-nights for local bands, soundproof rooms for bands to play and pianists to practice, studio for those beginner bands to record, videogame room was open everyday and in addition there was a separate section for World of Warcraft computers, and you could have your free account for WOW with your library card. :D

I'm most certainly not kidding about the last one, I had to constantly advice the kids on how to start the game and what's the best way to farm etc. Must have been the only job interview where the boss asked whether I could play WOW, and then say "good" when I answered positively. :laugh:
Damn, sounds like a sweet library . Except that part about WOW. When you say customers it sound like they are paying.

[Sarah Palin]

My local library had it in its policy that it was obliged to get any books you requested. If you sent in a book request they had to buy it or otherwise get it.

Same here. That shit is awesome. ANYTHING, be it book, cd, movie, magazine, etc. ANYTHING.

[Manifesto]

Ahhhh that sucks. In the town I used to live in, the library was shit.
Mine sucks too, most of it is a bunch of novels.

[Angry Young Man]

I'm sure that the reason most public libraries suck is to make it seem better when there's a good one. Bristol central library's great! It's massive and I have checked out atm (which reminds me I need to renew) Red Sky at Night: A collection of Socialist poetry, a collection made by Andy Croft and Adrian Mitchell. I weightily advise everybody reading this thread to find this book somehow. I love it!

Also, there was this shitty backwater town I used to live in had a really good library. But given that a book can be ordered in from anywhere in the county and whichever counties it deals with, what's really important is a nice environment.

That said, I'm sure central library had a collection of Priestley plays that have since vanished. Grr!

[NecroCommie]

Same here. That shit is awesome. ANYTHING, be it book, cd, movie, magazine, etc. ANYTHING.
Our library too received numerous requests, but they were mostly pointless as the library system is obligated to buy every book and album that is released anyway. You can understand that our department was in a constant state of bankrapsy.

[Sarah Palin]

Our library too received numerous requests, but they were mostly pointless as the library system is obligated to buy every book and album that is released anyway. You can understand that our department was in a constant state of bankrapsy.

I'm not aware of the financial situation of my library, but I think they're in good shape. But this is probably because they aren't obliged to buy the request. We have something called "Inter-Library Loan" in which in about a week, you get the book you want, from your library, for 4 weeks, it's just owned by a different library.

[Trystan]

My local library sucks. There are two, actually. The first is really small and only stocks the most gaudy, artless Barbara Cartland-like shit. The history section is small, and the politics and philosophy sections are non-existant. The second one is new, and is the 'main' library in the city, and it's more like a store than a library - i.e. loud, and you can't sit anywhere and do some work through the day. Which is a shame, cos it's right on the sea side.

So I usually go to second hand places for books.

[spiltteeth]

Since we're talking about libraries anytime you guys have an old book donate to your local prison.
I remember I was in some jail one time and the 'library' had 3 items :
1)An old Newsweek that read "Ronald Reagan -our next president?" this was 2001.
2) Half a romance novel
3) The Celestine prophecy! For all us new age convicts.

Oh, and alot of bibles and the Koran.

Although one prison I was in had all the greats - even a bio of Flaubert!

But, believe it or not, I think alot of prisoners would really appreciate some poetry books. My gal would copy poems and send them to me and the guys in there loved it. I mean, it helps express your feelings especially since all your family and friends are mostly communicated with by letter.