Liburies

RLH22 · Feb 9, 2015

Our town is building a huge expensive one. with all the cyber possibilities it seems to me to be an antique up on opening does anybody agree or disagre

Allan in NE · Feb 9, 2015

Liburies? Never too late I guess. :>)

Allan

Dave H (MI) · Feb 9, 2015

A "relative" is director of a large library district. I won't say where obviously, and he/she would never admit it, but he/she gets some pretty good kickbacks from the contractor. I've seen the evidence but have no first hand knowledge of the transfers. Did I make that vague enough so that no one can arrest me? Pretty disgusting really. Tax dollars and all.

showcrop · Feb 9, 2015

Yes, looks like your town could still use one.

Eldon (WA) · Feb 9, 2015

(quoted from post at 15:45:24 02/09/15) Our town is building a huge expensive one. with all the cyber possibilities it seems to me to be an antique up on opening does anybody agree or disagre

I have always said that you have to be a good reader to be a good speller...I rest my case

calf · Feb 9, 2015

Around here, the libraries have all sorts of computers and the computers are usually being used. Paper books and magazines, not so much.

rrlund · Feb 9, 2015

Libraries? The subject came up a few years ago on a local radio show,the hosts thought the place would probably be a barren waste land. They were flooded with calls from people saying they use the heck out of the place. Now more than ever.

larry@stinescorner · Feb 9, 2015

Our library has computers for everyone to use,good movies to take out for a week for free,all kinds of educational seminars and classes,open mike sessions for music,art and history exibits,,,,and books and magazines,,,,you could stop in once a month,sit in a comfy chair and read garden magazines,farm magazines,hot rod or motorcycle,,,you name it,,save a fortune on subscribing for magazines,,,copy machine 10 cents per page,,,,and lots more,,,it is not far from us,I use it a lot.

Mark - IN. · Feb 9, 2015

By me, library districts don't get their funding like everyone else or through referendums. The board exercises their right to impose taxes...as needed. So, when taxes go up on everything else because they sure never go down and nothing is more permanent than a temporary tax, they don't include library districts. With the internet, books have pretty much gone the way of buggy whips, and with the introduction of Kindles, that process has accelerated. Why do library districts still exist? I can guess, but a valid wouldn't be in my answers. $18 Trillion in debt, that doesn't include state or local, and everyone wants a piece of our wallets.

Mark

Goose · Feb 9, 2015

Our town built a large new library about 7 or 8 years ago. It's one of the busiest buildings in town.

It has a large computer room with some 24 public use computers with free wifi, conference rooms, a large secured archive room with everything from cemetery records to county history, plus the usual books, magazines, etc. Sometimes there's a waiting line to get into the computer room.

The first floor quickly became so busy, they finished the basement and doubled the size.

I don't see it being outdated very soon.

old-9 · Feb 9, 2015

Our local Carnegie library is used a lot. their genealogical section is used a lot. Some of the old newspaper information is no where else to be found.
joe

Zachary Hoyt · Feb 9, 2015

The library here does most of the things other folks have mentioned here, plus they have an annual book sale where for a weekend they fill the conference room with tables covered with donated books that they sell for 50 cents or $1 a book. We always go and usually end up with a few bagfuls of books. The proceeds go to the library. They also have a system so that any book in any library in a 4 county area can be requested online by a cardholder and they move books around twice a week, so usually within a week or two a book will make its way to our local library to pick up. Then it is checked out like any other book and we can keep them for four weeks.
Zach

JerryS · Feb 9, 2015

Why libraries (liburies)? I suppose that's one of those "For those who understand, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not, no explanation will suffice" questions.

2 Old 2 care · Feb 9, 2015

We live about a mile from a relatively large one in a relatively small town. It was funded in part by a private donor. There are several private foundations that will help fund and stock libraries in areas that can benefit from one.

On most days, the parking lot is full.

2 Old 2 care · Feb 9, 2015

Ain't dat da truth.

Larry Hardesty · Feb 9, 2015

I am a retired academic librarian. The national figures show that circulation at public libraries, in general, is going up. Lots of information is still not available digitally, and many folks still do not want to read long information sources, such as books, in digital formats.

In my retirement I have rediscovered the local public library and enjoy all it offers. It is a pretty busy place, and it was just expanded and extensively remodeled within the past couple of years.

Back Forty Bob. · Feb 9, 2015

A famous writer was asked if the computer would ever
replace books. His reply,(Paraphrased)
"Books are like Homo Sapiens mammaries
they look good on the computer but you can not
beat having one in you hands".

retired farmer · Feb 9, 2015

It has been several decades since I was in a library.

VicS · Feb 9, 2015

My daughter is a librarian. I ask her that same question. It took her at least 30 minutes to set me strait. Guess we will keep paying our taxes on them.

Brendon-KS · Feb 9, 2015

My wife and kids (daughter 13 and son 8) utilize the various libraries in our area heavily. There are multiple library books in our house at all times. I'm not sure how the Mrs keeps everything straight with what belongs where and by when but somehow she does.

farmerjohn · Feb 9, 2015

Agree.

Fred Werring · Feb 9, 2015

I like this quote...any idea who the author was?

LA in WI · Feb 9, 2015

Liburies???

Go to your local libury and tell them you want to see a Funk & Wagnalls. They will show you to start it up.

LA in WI

old bc · Feb 9, 2015

The county library in our small town is a busy place.

Richard from SE AZ · Feb 9, 2015

Our local school's library is county run. My 10 yr old grandson goes there quite often. My wife has a list of authors there that the librarian orders her books from. I go there to lounge and read the local newspaper and look, read through, any book that catches my eye. Nature, world, local history, Arizona Highways, Mother Earth etc, etc. It's only 1 mile away.

Bob · Feb 10, 2015

"Around here, the libraries have all sorts of computers and the computers are usually being used. Paper books and magazines, not so much."

That's exactly what I see around here. Not so much perusing or checking out books, but sitting at a 'puter surfing the 'net.

WHY do we need a publicly funded place with a bank of 'puters for folks to go on the 'net when a town of any size has a truck stop/coffee shop/internet cafe or a Micky D's with free internet???????

How many of you who have replied to this thread have done it from a "public library"?

I'm gonna go WAY off topic here and speculate that many of the folks busily clicking at the local library are kids doing stuff they are forbidden to do at home or adults doing God knows what.

I pay for my internet, but WHY should I be taxed to pay for PUBLIC internet access?

big fred · Feb 10, 2015

I love my liberry, though I don't actually go to it. Local liberry is connected to the Overdrive service for e-books and audio books, and I've borrowed dozens of e-books since I retired 3 years ago.

FBH44 · Feb 10, 2015

Nope, I disagree. OUr ittle town had the nicest reading program for little kids, my wife took our boys all the time,they loved the lah-burry, the place was too small and cramped however. But it was packed. They have tried fundraising to build the next big one, but locally the donated funds have dried up after big YMCA went in. But it is good, gets the little kids LITERATE, so they can read and understand and spell. Need to expand it.

ss55 · Feb 10, 2015

Well I guess we could say the same thing about skools, LOL.

Our local Carnegie Library is a busy place. It's not big, the building is over 100 years old and it has wing added on to it. It is connected to other libraries through the Pioneer Library system. It's easy to go online at home, check if a book is in the system, and reserve a copy for check out. When the next copy becomes available it is delivered to my local library and I get an email to pick it up. Movies and TV shows on DVD are also available like books. Now-a-days I check the library before I buy a book on Amazon.

I visit every month or two just to read farm magazines in the periodicals section or check a newspaper story that I don't subscribe to.

It's debatable whether public buildings need to be fancy and showy or not, but long term it is less expensive for the county and cities to own their buildings rather than rent space and move whenever the buildings change hands.

dr sportster · Feb 10, 2015

I see you have not attended said library.

Bob Harvey · Feb 10, 2015

I go every week and check out an average of 5 books. Read every day.

formenwhogrow · Feb 10, 2015

Hee hee hee

Leroy · Feb 10, 2015

What is a Kindle?

Leroy · Feb 10, 2015

Mostly poorer adults with no money to buy their own computor and pay for the service. Only way they can apply for jobs now a days.

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