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Rockist makes a good point by noting that the article cites librarians' discretion as far as keeping titles. The story also never says that "Mockingbird" is getting dumped, just that it falls under the criteria in at least one branch.
― A Radio Picture (Factory Sample Not For Sale), Thursday, 4 January 2007 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link
There is no need to continually take up so much redundant space and time and kilowatts of climate control for anything out of copyright.
-- TOMB07
lmao, this thinking worked SOOOO well with microfilm
― bill sackter (bill sackter), Thursday, 4 January 2007 04:25 (seventeen years ago) link
I think that ILL should be a last resort, for the rare item.Obviously I check the local system (13 libraries including three university libraries) first when I want something, but if they don't have it, ILL isn't a first or last resort, it's the ONLY resort.
At this point, I visit the library in/near my hometown (Owings Mills, Md, the library's actually in Pikesville which is right down the road), and it's maybe 25% oldsters reading and scanning the shelves and getting online to do research and send emails; 5% tots riffling through the kids section or tagging along with thier parents; 10% 20/30 somethings doing the same thing; and 60% teens getting online to check out whatever porn they can get away with and myspace and play videogames, LOUDLY.
― Ray Cummings (skateboardr), Thursday, 4 January 2007 12:53 (seventeen years ago) link