I miss books in libraries, I used to love wandering around the old library in Rondebosch on a Saturday morning picking out a big stack of books based on colour, quirky names or glorious cover design. I read things I would never have "known" about had I not randomly picked them up from a shelf or found them discarded in the re-shelving area. Also all the librarians…I loved all the librarians with their fanciful spectacles.
In my local council area there are five "libraries" although between them they have about half the books the one I knew growing up had. Most of the books are fairly recent and the libraries share the books, meaning 1 copy between the 5 libraries--which can mean either an annoying wait (to "order" the book in) or driving around to collect books as they never keep an entire series at one library its always split up and dispersed. It is also self-serve, occasionally you might spy a human but they are usually tinkering with the computers. I miss librarians, who worked with books. I feel sad going to the library.
The University library nearby that I sometime use..has a lot of "pods", "engagement area", "resource hubs" and "think spaces"--occasionally I find books in it…they occupy about half of the 5th floor behind an opaque wall…heaven forbid the students see a book…it might disrupt the process of their "de-structured networked learning protocol" or whatevs.
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In my local council area there are five "libraries" although between them they have about half the books the one I knew growing up had. Most of the books are fairly recent and the libraries share the books, meaning 1 copy between the 5 libraries--which can mean either an annoying wait (to "order" the book in) or driving around to collect books as they never keep an entire series at one library its always split up and dispersed. It is also self-serve, occasionally you might spy a human but they are usually tinkering with the computers. I miss librarians, who worked with books. I feel sad going to the library.
The University library nearby that I sometime use..has a lot of "pods", "engagement area", "resource hubs" and "think spaces"--occasionally I find books in it…they occupy about half of the 5th floor behind an opaque wall…heaven forbid the students see a book…it might disrupt the process of their "de-structured networked learning protocol" or whatevs.