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Post by The Doctor on Mar 9, 2014 20:04:08 GMT
On a tangent, the Edinburger library system has moved to a robot till system so books are no longer stamped! This displeases me as I can no longer see how much a book has been taken out previously. I always liked to know if a poor book had spent years on a shelf without anyone taking it out and would take pity on it. Library books should be stamped with the return date on the little card, damn it!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Mar 9, 2014 20:18:53 GMT
Edinburgh uni runs a robot system now as well. The amount of times I kept having overdue books because they were no longer stamped...
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Post by legios on Mar 9, 2014 21:18:03 GMT
No stamps... That feels wrong to me. The Stamping of The Books is a part of the library ritual as far as I am concerned. It wouldn't feel right for them to not be properly issued by the Keepers of the Books.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 10, 2014 8:32:47 GMT
We now just have a thin slip of paper that is easily lost with the return date on it...and only one sip is provided if more than one book is taken out! Thus, I generally have many paranoia log-ins to the online system to check.
-Ralph
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Post by KnightBeat on Mar 11, 2014 18:25:31 GMT
Edinburgh uni runs a robot system now as well. The amount of times I kept having overdue books because they were no longer stamped... Do they send you an email reminding you to renew/return the book? |
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 11, 2014 18:28:56 GMT
Not on the Burger system, no, but the online account is so quick and easy to check I don't mind.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 14, 2014 17:07:45 GMT
It is a great system. I can search for a book and pull up full details of it including the cover image, publishing details and description from the back. I can see how many copies there are, which libraries they are in, which section of that library they are in and when their earliest return date is if they are out on loan. I can put a request in for any book (whether out on loan or on a shelf) and request it be sent to any other library I like to pick up. I can do all this within 60 seconds.
Library loans are for three weeks. If I can't get it back on time, 10 seconds later I can have it renewed for another 3 weeks (unless someone has put a request in for it). Audio book loans are only 40p.
If I am having a casual search and see books I might want to read at some later point, I can store all the details in any number of user created lists on my account page. That way I won't forget or can go into my lists and have a browse at what had caught my fancy previously as a reminder.
Yes. 2014 is the year when I use the library system much more extensively! Like many folk, I have a falling income so this will be a good way of keeping up with my reading. Also, it will help stop me cluttering up the flat with books I only read once (which I am bad at doing!).
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 2, 2014 18:37:56 GMT
Found myself at a loose end between work duties so popped into a library. Had a chat with a young lad assisting. He thought it was a shame that "no-one ever came in to look at them" (indicating the vast piles of comic book collected editions). Librarian thought it was sad that so many people don't realise that libraries have loads of stuff. "It's not just Dickens in here." I agreed.
The library was situated in a poorer area of Edinburger. I'm glad it was there.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 21, 2015 18:51:04 GMT
It's been a while since the Burger Central library got recent comic collections in but someone must have found some cash for new stock so I walked out with 9 new release titles this week. Had to leave another 2 behind for now due to space in my bag. Had I went to a comic shop this haul would have cost about £140 (maybe deduct £30-40 for online deals/digital versions). This costs me £0.00. Some of these are titles I wouldn't be sure about spending £15-20 a pop to try or couldn't afford or would pass on due to limited space at home (I do still buy physical comics to read). This is why libraries are good.
Use them or they go away in the sad climate of austerity we live in.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jul 21, 2015 19:08:07 GMT
Indeed - Libraries are an absolute godsend. I made a fair amount of use of mine before, but recently when I have been on a rather restricted income it has been a wonderful resource.
In fact, I have discovered many authors I like because of libraries. C.J. Cherryh is probably my favourite living SF Author, and I would never have tried her stuff if the Alloa Library hadn't had a copy of "Hellburner" all those years ago. Likewise, Jack Campbell's "Lost Fleet" series was something I always wondered about, but not enough to drop nearly a tenner on in case it didn't agree with me. But thanks to the library I have read both the original series and almost all of its spin-offs, and must get around to checking if they have got in the two new books published this year yet.
I agree - support your local library, they are wonderful resources to have. (And I'm not just saying that because your local library may be my source of income in a year or so's time)
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 21, 2015 20:09:36 GMT
The Dunfermline library is closed for refurbishment at present.
Andy
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 22, 2015 23:11:00 GMT
I have recently signed up to my local library. Use them or lose them.
Certain librarians are also lovely.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 31, 2018 11:21:13 GMT
I've just had my first ever eye test and reactivated my dormant library card. Two things you don't do every day.
I was quite pleased to find the library was still there. Looks in better nick than the last time I went in there.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 11:33:25 GMT
Excellent on both fronts.
My local library has just signed on to some epub type thing that has now given me access to ~150 Marvel graphic novels online. That should keep me busy for a while.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 31, 2018 11:40:44 GMT
I'm wondering if I can gain as good an audiobook service as audible by using the library without the monthly cost. I have just reserved an audiobook online for 70p instead of whatever audible's monthly sub cost is.
Also, for work purposes I need to be much more clued up on children's fiction than I am. I went to smiths to buy an armload of current kids books to read and then thought, hang on...
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 12:04:53 GMT
Exactly. Use your libraries. Or lose it. Using the library for most of my reading needs these days. A little frustrating when I have so many of my own books still to read! But a splendid problem to have. Have tried a lot of things out I never would've tried otherwise.
Mrs M and I are working through the Harry Potter books in audio form whenever we go on longer drives. I've never read them and quite enjoying them so far. Sometimes downloaded from the library onto phone, occasionally physical CDs are borrowed. We don't seem to have a downloaded audio cost.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 31, 2018 17:15:50 GMT
Big Child is a Reading Challenge Helper at our library this summer!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 17:37:57 GMT
Splendid!  |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2018 17:58:31 GMT
I'm wondering if I can gain as good an audiobook service as audible by using the library without the monthly cost. I have just reserved an audiobook online for 70p instead of whatever audible's monthly sub cost is. Also, for work purposes I need to be much more clued up on children's fiction than I am. I went to smiths to buy an armload of current kids books to read and then thought, hang on... I am a big supporter of libraries and use them every week to borrow from and/or to sit in to read or study. I buy a heck of a lot of reading material too but having the library system is great for trying out new stuff. They are also nice places to sit and read in. Coffee shop prices can add up and pubs are often too noisy with loud sport on TV to relax in. -Ralph |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 18:52:25 GMT
We should have a library thread to sing their praises regularly...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2018 18:55:14 GMT
There is one!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 18:56:45 GMT
Where? It should be pinned to the top!
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2018 18:56:49 GMT
Bump!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2018 18:58:02 GMT
To the books section with you!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 18:59:01 GMT
Use your God Mod powers here! Libraries aren't just about books you know. If they were they would beano free magazines and events at them.
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 19:00:42 GMT
Libraries! Hooray!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Jul 31, 2018 20:53:35 GMT
I'm slightly worried that this thread could be misconstrued by its title as a thread about Mrs M.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 31, 2018 20:58:20 GMT
Only if you met her before March 9th 2014!
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 1, 2018 8:43:56 GMT
Umm.. surprisingly close..
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 2, 2018 8:57:35 GMT
Libraries are doing THE BEANO READING CHALLENGE. The idea is to read 6 library books over the summer. SOMEONE on here tells me they can use their influence to get me the free tat for doing this as, er, it is meant only for kids.
I go today to select 6 books to read!
-Ralph
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