tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post1031992294321837145..comments2023-11-05T18:46:32.295+11:00Comments on Baino's Banter: LibraryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-4107688647259045422009-02-21T13:18:00.000+11:002009-02-21T13:18:00.000+11:00I knew you were famous! Rose Main Reading Room at ...I knew you were famous! Rose Main Reading Room at the New York Public Library someday, first we shall meet right by Patience or Fortitude.Ces Adoriohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338000465619901229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-4593432877192490662009-02-21T09:40:00.000+11:002009-02-21T09:40:00.000+11:00Whew, finally made it! And what an anti-climax - ...Whew, finally made it! And what an anti-climax - your work is preserved forever, but it doesn't have your name on it? :(<BR/><BR/>I go to the library every couple weeks. I like them. And I like Ghostbusters, too.Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-65540895635636212922009-02-20T23:49:00.000+11:002009-02-20T23:49:00.000+11:00I too have not stepped into a library for years, I...I too have not stepped into a library for years, I do not know why. I go to book stores, which is why I own so many books. I buy a lot of books at Costco and at Amazon.com. I think maybe because when I was a child, I never owned any books, I feel the need to own them now.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for visiting my site.<BR/>I loved the story of your grandparents. I wonder what mine will say when we are gone. I feel so lucky to be close to my grandchildren. I was never close to my grandparents, and so it is important for us to be close to our grandkids. Take care.Mrsupolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563854387767106508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-14282778798423029722009-02-20T15:49:00.000+11:002009-02-20T15:49:00.000+11:00I feel horrible hearing about all of the places wh...I feel horrible hearing about all of the places where libraries are suffering. It seems they should certainly be a big priority in any community. <BR/>For now our system is growing and thriving, with good people as library staff, and I would hope that for all communities. I'm going to trot over the state line this weekend to see how those some of those libraries are doing.Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-60446250273768893532009-02-20T15:21:00.000+11:002009-02-20T15:21:00.000+11:00I love libraries and visit them often. I live with...I love libraries and visit them often. I live within walking distance of three, with two more just a bus ride away. then there's the Semaphore library, out by the beach, I spent a lot of time there when I lived on Semaphore road. I never bother with any of the classical or reference sections, I prefer fiction, it's a great way to "escape" when reality hits a bit too hard. Coincidentally, I was watching my Ghostbusters dvd yeaterday.Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-92176679460215565322009-02-20T10:00:00.000+11:002009-02-20T10:00:00.000+11:00Talk about keeping warm in the library (were we?)-...Talk about keeping warm in the library (were we?)- ever seen 'The day after Tomorrow', when the world freezes and the survivors burn all the books in library to keep warm..?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-62003042997802839132009-02-20T06:42:00.000+11:002009-02-20T06:42:00.000+11:00Miley you're asking the wrong person! Haven't been...Miley you're asking the wrong person! Haven't been in one remember. I remember microfiche at uni tho. Pain in the ass. Your mission should you choose to accept it is to find out!<BR/><BR/>I'm not a great reader Nick but seem to get by on borrowed editions or Clare buys them first! Second hand bookshops are pretty good and we have a book exchange which is cheap as chip as well.<BR/><BR/>I'm sure a few libraries do it Subby although why they want to keep household catalogues and in-house mags I'll never know!<BR/><BR/>Dunno GrowUP, never had much 'fun' in the library although I believe behaving badly with 'librarian's is a ranking male fantasy!<BR/><BR/>Aww Tez ... put the heater on!<BR/><BR/>I guess the internet has sort of replaced them for me Suze, I do loads of research but it's much quicker googling than thumbing through the Dewey system! I visit them for the 'architecture' if I'm travelling but never borrow books!<BR/><BR/>Ropi, thought you might!<BR/><BR/>Clearly Gleds, you spend a little time in Libraries . . . I guess my post is proof they'll put just about anything on the shelves!<BR/><BR/>Wuffa it was a great job, a really great job and I loved the people I worked with but the company itself . . well there's another post in that one! Then it was the 80's and 90's lots of money to spend on flash publications.<BR/><BR/>I should Tut-Tut! My girlfriend goes every Friday after we have lunch. One of these days . .(after I've red the five books sitting on my bedside table)<BR/><BR/>I guess so Steph but I'm a 'slow' reader as you know. Not a bad one, just pathetically slow. Read three pages, fall asleep then have to revisit them the next day! I do like the 'smell' of a library tho!Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-21130698877360983242009-02-20T05:14:00.000+11:002009-02-20T05:14:00.000+11:00I'm such a stinge, I'm an ardent enthusiast of our...I'm such a stinge, I'm an ardent enthusiast of our library service. The fact that I live within 2 mins walk of a library helps a lot too. <BR/><BR/>By comparison with Nick's comment on book budgets, libraries in my area are very well stocked. In fact, so well stocked that they can't keep up with the number of new books arriving every week.<BR/><BR/>When I hear/read a review of a new book that takes my fancy, I put in a request for it through the local library and for the massive sum of 50c (covers phone call to let me know it's arrived), I can collect a brand new hardback to enjoy within weeks of it's publication. <BR/><BR/>You're missing out, Baino!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-85777406492498440302009-02-20T02:53:00.000+11:002009-02-20T02:53:00.000+11:00ha! pop in and borrow a DVD or a book. Maybe you'l...ha! pop in and borrow a DVD or a book. Maybe you'll be back!tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-71278058640449523682009-02-20T01:39:00.000+11:002009-02-20T01:39:00.000+11:00never liked any amway products, but they did have ...never liked any amway products, but they did have pro brochures...<BR/><BR/>when i was with 3m company, i did get bylines for my stuff in the newsletter, but can't recall if i did for any of the blurbs i sent out re. 'new/improved' products<BR/><BR/>no matter, they paid a really swell salary :)laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-19952971973144994702009-02-20T00:32:00.000+11:002009-02-20T00:32:00.000+11:00I can't use the library "properly" as I owe too ma...I can't use the library "properly" as I owe too many fines. I get my books from charity shopsGledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-61096871023090271332009-02-20T00:31:00.000+11:002009-02-20T00:31:00.000+11:00... but woe betide you should you want a biography...... but woe betide you should you want a biography of Elizabeth I <EM>not</EM> slanted towards her (probably nonexistent anyway) sex life because they probably won't have one or it will be in storage and they might even have the cheek to make you PAY to retrieve it!<BR/>Of course if you want Sharon Osbourne's memoirs there'll be loads...Gledwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09308172310486574510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-60269836045193823382009-02-19T23:40:00.000+11:002009-02-19T23:40:00.000+11:00Uh, I like Ghostbusters.Uh, I like Ghostbusters.Ropihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17214991557644729165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-92000416949869805822009-02-19T23:33:00.000+11:002009-02-19T23:33:00.000+11:00Wow, congratulations! Next time I'm in Canberra I'...Wow, congratulations! Next time I'm in Canberra I'll check you out (library joke, ha ha).<BR/><BR/>I'm an ex-librarian and a confessed library addict. I can't go through a town for the first time without parking the car and checking out their library's stack arrangement, circulation desk, and where they've put the biographies. God I'm such a nerd.Susan at Stony Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10385202649291774852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-33104616557143304102009-02-19T21:51:00.000+11:002009-02-19T21:51:00.000+11:00Bud-Lite reticence of the penis?Maaaaan I get that...Bud-Lite reticence of the penis?<BR/><BR/>Maaaaan I get that all the time.Terence McDangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17583127956432566540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-5115629712569170552009-02-19T21:19:00.000+11:002009-02-19T21:19:00.000+11:00Man, haven't been in a library in years either. I ...Man, haven't been in a library in years either. I was a regular in the local one as a kid and then in boarding school I worked in the school one. Sounds like fun.Grow Uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06124664582808802393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-48858432212089856542009-02-19T20:51:00.000+11:002009-02-19T20:51:00.000+11:00Hi Baino. Cambridge University-England has a simil...Hi Baino. Cambridge University-England has a similar repository, which they are supposed to start putting on-line( in the very near future ). I'm hoping it wasn't scuttlebutt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-17765140428867795432009-02-19T20:15:00.000+11:002009-02-19T20:15:00.000+11:00I haven't been to a library for a long while eithe...I haven't been to a library for a long while either. The book budgets have been so slashed over the years that they seldom had any newly-published titles. If you put yourself on a waiting list for a title, there'd be fifty people ahead of you so you could expect a six month wait.<BR/><BR/>So all I had to choose from was novels published six years ago or obsolete travel guides urging me to visit the Twin Towers.<BR/><BR/>So now I buy all my books. After all, paperbacks are pretty cheap and if I use Amazon I don't even have to trail down to the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34591549.post-25297328156474794892009-02-19T19:48:00.000+11:002009-02-19T19:48:00.000+11:00And where do homeless people go to get some sleep?...And where do homeless people go to get some sleep? The microfiche section! Maybe. Do they still have microfiche? And I think I'm the library too now...oh dear oh dear...that IS a worry...Miles McClaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10335102965842725449noreply@blogger.com