[Dean's World] Andrew Cory: Interlibrary loans

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Posted by Andrew Cory:
Interlibrary loans
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1173893641.shtml


   I recall reading a Steven King book where the dystopian nature of the
   society was announced by the simple fact that libraries charged for
   books. It was a simple thing, but powerful: knowledge was restricted
   only to those who could afford it...

   I was a bookseller for 6 years. I've got an [1]extensive Library of my
   own. (Not as extensive as [2]some...) I've always loved books. I
   always will love books. And so I love libraries...

   Libraries are not merely shrines to books, but temples to the basic
   idea that knowledge belongs to the human race. Music, books, movies,
   the internet: all these things can be found inside most libraries. We
   citizens gladly pay for this service, considering it as essential as
   police and fire protection...

   Something even the most librarphiliac among us takes utterly for
   granted is the [3]Interlibrary loan. Don't...

References

   1. http://www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=AndrewCory
   2. http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=weidners
   3. http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2007/03/2007031401c/careers.html