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Re: [ARSCLIST] Interesting WSJ Article on when libraries should discard their holdings.
Which is how I feel about an iPod,or CD player.As much as I love vinyl,and shellac,and will never own anything else,I have no such attachment to the printed word.Most books are just a waste of space,when you have the internet,and e-books.Space that you can fill up with more records :) !
Roger Kulp
David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: The day I curl up with a good computer....shoot me.
dl
Jack Palmer wrote:
> Remarkable. I'm just the opposite. Anytime I want to absorb any book,
> I read it. I listen to audio books when I am driving long distances,
> but seldom at home. I prefer the real book. I have always preferred
> the written word. One reason I seldom use the phone for business but do
> use e-mail. Jack
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Interesting WSJ Article on when libraries should
> discard their holdings.
>
>
>> I think in the age of the Internet and online reservation/hold
>> systems, local libraries probably can get rid of a lot of overlap over
>> time. I know our local branch here in Bedford Hills NY is massively
>> growing its DVD and audiobooks holdings, somewhat growing its music
>> CD's and slowly discarding more and more print books. The deep stacks
>> just don't circulate and when there are several other
>> rarely-circulated copies in the county library system, they need to
>> clear out space. I understand the reasoning very clearly, but I hope
>> the efforts are all coordinated so one or two copies of
>> seldom-circulated works remain available. At least the "classics." As
>> for sound recordings, there is a specific arts/music library in the
>> system, which still circulates vinyl (although the records are usually
>> not in good condition).
>>
>> Agree that there's a difference between a research/archive library and
>> a local public library. A PUBLIC library is funded by and answerable
>> to the public. In other words, if the people want DVD's and
>> audiobooks, it's the library's job to provide them. A librarian who
>> looks askance at a fellow wanting to borrow "Terminator 2" DVD
>> instead of the dusty copy of "For Whom The Bell Tolls" book should not
>> be working at a public library.
>>
>> For what it's worth, new and bestseller books seem to circulate hard
>> and fast, but the reading crowd these days doesn't seem interested in
>> the deep stacks. In my case, I am happy enough with this trend because
>> my middle aged eyes don't like paperbacks so I've been slowly
>> replacing my favorite books with usually first edition and excellent
>> condition hard covers for a couple dollars each at various library
>> sales. But, for the record, I don't pretend to be a bibliophile and
>> actually prefer audiobooks for most new stuff. I can process aural
>> info faster than I can read and I remember things told to me or heard
>> via audiobook or radio more clearly than things read.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
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