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#if youre lucky theres some pop history books on the tiny shelf in the back
lacnunga
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In the wake of the IA situation, I've seen a lot more posts circulating about using your local library and I just. Sigh
#i dont know whether these people are thinking of Big City libraries
#or their local is the most well stocked most accommodating library known to man
#but my library consists of mostly kids books and ww2 skinned romance lites and james patterson thrillers
#if youre lucky theres some pop history books on the tiny shelf in the back
#oh also the opening times? 0930 to 1700 of course. yknow. when most ppl are at work :)
#oh except sunday. when were just closed ;)
#trying to get the library to bring in a specific book? sorry that'll be nine months and we'll send it to the library
#in booksbury-upon-tyne which will cost you a £30 round train ticket (if the trains are running ;)) and a three hour journey
#(cause were swr and life is a fucking nightmare)
#im not doing that for a book im not even sure will be relevant to what im looking for yknow
#i guess what im saying is that while i love the concept of libraries
#they havent really evolved with the times. theyve been what theyve been for a millenia
#and the intellectual value they were built to provide hasnt kept up with the funds theyre actually allocated
#now i will say these are kinda complaints specific to me cause im not the biggest fiction reader
#and if i am theyre mainly classics so my gripe is more with the proviso of non fiction books
#and the variety of them which is incredibly narrow
#and i dont drive so the intersection of this with the hellscape that is south englands public transport network also sucks dick and balls
#like i realise the library provides a lot of necessary resources for older people and kids and those without internet access etc.
#but that does leave a large swathe of people with little to no reason or time to visit the library yknow.
#i dont blame the library workers of course but i also dont think its the visitors (customers?) fault
#that there isnt a great incentive for them to visit
#especially since i have found most of my fave nonfiction books in second hand stores
#which would have either cost £80 new or would have been locked ina university library out of reach of the common folk
#whatever. ramble ramble yada yada. ev complains again whats new
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