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March 14, 2007

Interlibrary loans

I recall reading a Richard Bachman Stephen 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 extensive Library of my own. (Not as extensive as 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 Interlibrary loan. Don't...

Posted by Andrew at March 14, 2007 09:36 AM

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