I love libraries and love librarians. But their situation has gotten so bad in my lifetime. I just paged something via ILL. Cost me $2 (non-refundable) to page it. Then the library that has it is charging me $10. OTOH, it's not available anywhere else. But that $2 fee for ILL at my library definitely discourages me from using it.
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Spidra Webster - Sep 11, 2010 11:20:57 pm PDT #2261 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
DCJensen - Sep 11, 2010 11:23:32 pm PDT #2262 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Laga - Sep 11, 2010 11:27:12 pm PDT #2263 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
eek DCJ! I'm massaging your leg with my mind. Is it helping?
Spidra, yeah those library fees seem out of hand. On the other end of the spectrum I feel guilty I'm only charged $0.25 for ILL- it must cost them more than that.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Sep 11, 2010 11:28:25 pm PDT #2264 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I used to spend my life in libraries, but don't in recent years (not counting university libraries, of course, where I hang out far too much). I don't read much fiction - that which I do, I want to own. This is partly because of my poor (read: dyslexic) reading speed - I used to run out of allowed renewals on my library books - but also because we just like collecting books. Bookshops make it quite affordable to buy most of what you read, and it's lovely to be able to read things over and over if I want to. The Girl is making a home library out of her study in the new house. She buys a lot more than I do.
DCJensen - Sep 11, 2010 11:30:07 pm PDT #2265 of 30000
All is well that ends in pizza.
Pay for ILL above and beyond the per-page price? Wow, I have been out of, um, circulation.
Spidra Webster - Sep 11, 2010 11:30:11 pm PDT #2266 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Gah, dcj. I hope that lets up soon. I hate that!
Laga, this is an unusual situation because of the $10. Most ILL will be $2 from my local library. Unfortunately my local library branch is pretty small so the likelihood I'd need to page it from elsewhere goes up. I have library privileges as UCLA as an alumni assoc member but it's not easy for me to get over to that side of LA.
Spidra Webster - Sep 11, 2010 11:31:57 pm PDT #2267 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
I'm paging the book from the Humboldt State University library. Actually, it's not a book but a student paper. I was told that if our library belonged to their particular coalition, the fee would be lower. But my library doesn't belong to that so it's $10.
Laga - Sep 11, 2010 11:32:15 pm PDT #2268 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Even $2 seems like a lot. Most of the books I'm reading these days (hello, Sookie Stackhouse) I could get for $1 at the resale shop.
Spidra Webster - Sep 11, 2010 11:41:19 pm PDT #2269 of 30000
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
Yeah, it's a lot for a paperback.
I'm sad I had to part with most of my books. Esp when Half Price didn't even appreciate many of them (loads of fantasy and some sci-fi along with non-fiction, etc.)
Laga - Sep 11, 2010 11:49:36 pm PDT #2270 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah it was hard for me to get rid of so many books when I moved but I just don't have the space for them now.