We should have stuck to Mythbusters DVDs.
Hey, what's one more fact-checker?
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
billytea - Oct 04, 2012 5:15:36 am PDT #24459 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
msbelle - Oct 04, 2012 5:30:13 am PDT #24460 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
people in my office talking about how good the debate was. twitch twitch twitch
Sparky1 - Oct 04, 2012 5:32:28 am PDT #24461 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
Library porn!
Not. To this librarian it doesn't look like people can actually use it as a library, and that the architects didn't care.
Grump.
§ ita § - Oct 04, 2012 5:34:24 am PDT #24462 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
To this librarian it doesn't look like people can actually use it as a library
Why not?
I didn't know there was a projected 4 year lifespan for library books. Is that true in the US as well?
Jesse - Oct 04, 2012 5:35:43 am PDT #24463 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
To this librarian it doesn't look like people can actually use it as a library, and that the architects didn't care.
Funny -- I was going to say it looks like it's just for people, not to maintain the books.
flea - Oct 04, 2012 5:37:10 am PDT #24464 of 30001
information libertarian
For high-circulation books (NYT Bestellers) that might make sense - they go out many, many times and eventually fall apart. But in an academic library they buy books for the long haul (a book circulating 3 times in 10 years can be a lot), and even in a public library some types of books circulate less, physically lasting longer and staying relevant in terms of content (less popular literature, much nonfiction.)
Jessica - Oct 04, 2012 5:38:56 am PDT #24465 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I didn't know there was a projected 4 year lifespan for library books. Is that true in the US as well?
Per my MiL, book lifespans are measured in loans. I think she said a paperback lasts about 25 loans. (We were talking about eBook pricing, and how some publishers sell their eBooks to libraries in packages of 25 loans per license. Which I thought was stupid, but she said it's very close to paperback pricing since those wear out after about 25 uses anyway.)
Sparky1 - Oct 04, 2012 5:45:46 am PDT #24466 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
I think she said a paperback lasts about 25 loans.
Or one faculty member. The architects' answer that assumes all books have to be replaced in 4 years seem to show them greatly misunderstanding what was actually being said.
From those pictures, a lot of those shelves look very difficult if not impossible to browse (or even reach for a known book) or maintain, and I wonder what the inside of those stacks look/feel like, since we are only being showing the outside edges.
It might look cool, but pfft. I imagine being at the information desk trying to explain to someone where something is shelved.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 04, 2012 5:58:36 am PDT #24467 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I watched about 5-10 minutes of the debate towards the end before I had to give up because Romeny was making me rage-y. I did notice he kept smiling (smirking?) while Obama was speaking but it looked like he was grinding his teeth while he was doing it.
erikaj - Oct 04, 2012 6:06:36 am PDT #24468 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
It was, imo, boring, and didn't discuss things I want to hear about. Obama was conmpetent but subdued...not his best day ever. Romney was bound to have a good day *sometime*, I don't like the man, but he's not a chimp.