tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post4575867983864768331..comments2023-05-16T10:35:31.742-04:00Comments on Inside the Shell: Theme Thursday: Librarytut-tuthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-46984791375543319852009-02-21T06:04:00.000-05:002009-02-21T06:04:00.000-05:00Yes! Libraries are so Tactile& physical! The S...Yes! Libraries are so Tactile& physical! The Smells, Yes!!!! <BR/>Like you, i love visiting out of town libraries.........One of the first places to seek out in a strange City.<BR/>I must say, a library open on a Sunday would never be found in England.....Although,now you mention it,I cant imagine why?tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746435400444226665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-28555479734045383272009-02-20T12:48:00.000-05:002009-02-20T12:48:00.000-05:00Tut Tut, are you up for starting on Out... Let me ...Tut Tut, are you up for starting on Out... Let me know. Can we discuss it the last weekend of March? <BR/>27, 28 29th ...? That gives people a chance to locate the book.Avid Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11941594574518793056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-90524731156642680012009-02-20T07:06:00.000-05:002009-02-20T07:06:00.000-05:00No library for me here and I really do miss it. I ...No library for me here and I really do miss it. I do haunt bookstores though.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041872314763651462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-39658811826939869542009-02-20T04:48:00.000-05:002009-02-20T04:48:00.000-05:00I had never thought about keeping my library cards...I had never thought about keeping my library cards over the years. I have saved the cards from my daughters when they were young and I would take them to our city library.<BR/><BR/>Funny about being locked up in the library and everyone going home. That happened to me and my daughters at their pediatrican's office. Not once but twice, and we were in the same room each time. Very weird experience. Thank goodness they only closed the office for dinner hour and came back an hour later. They stayed opened late night, twice a week, for the working parents. I wonder who else they had done this to.<BR/><BR/>Great post and story. Libraries are a place of wonder.Mrsupolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01563854387767106508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-76102608671195340002009-02-20T02:16:00.000-05:002009-02-20T02:16:00.000-05:00this is a lovely postmy childhood memories of libr...this is a lovely post<BR/><BR/>my childhood memories of libraries especially involve my mother<BR/><BR/>I like the quotes<BR/><BR/>and the one about Universities - ha! would that it were so these dayslettucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872380339261609060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-29466604155708255442009-02-20T01:16:00.000-05:002009-02-20T01:16:00.000-05:00I love the Cicero quote.Maybe the Luddite Libraria...I love the Cicero quote.<BR/>Maybe the Luddite Librarian just needs an gentle hand to remind him that even books have improved with technology. We know longer use clay tablets.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07508016363936211589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-36803203708959845432009-02-19T23:33:00.000-05:002009-02-19T23:33:00.000-05:00I just wanted to add a PS.I wonder if in these dif...I just wanted to add a PS.<BR/>I wonder if in these difficult economic times libraries might be more used. Books after all are expensive.angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041407522731399499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-41265459468866716552009-02-19T23:32:00.000-05:002009-02-19T23:32:00.000-05:00You've definitely struck a chord with this post.My...You've definitely struck a chord with this post.<BR/>My first memories are of the library, going as a small child with my father. My mother taught me to read long before school.<BR/>I read with interest your comment on local budgets. I use the library to connect to the internet when staying with my mother and even at 9am it's busy and this is just a branch library..angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041407522731399499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-49889819192270438092009-02-19T21:21:00.000-05:002009-02-19T21:21:00.000-05:00oooooh Tut,I love your post.You brought back many ...oooooh Tut,<BR/>I love your post.<BR/>You brought back many memories of (school)libraries from long long ago.<BR/>Funny, I never went to public libraries because I grew up in 3rd world countries...I guess we didn't have libraries. My mom used to go out and BUY books for me to read. <BR/>Thanks for your great post.CocoDivaDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18035161325287156919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-64874829062164527072009-02-19T21:10:00.000-05:002009-02-19T21:10:00.000-05:00We live two blocks from out library and it is alwa...We live two blocks from out library and it is always an adventure as to what the operating hours are on a given day. Constantly changing.Merle Sneedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01228809667893921954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-15542177274088967752009-02-19T20:37:00.000-05:002009-02-19T20:37:00.000-05:00Libraries as God?Libraries as God?Kris McCrackenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13789355638389350528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-19273694563674806512009-02-19T19:56:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:56:00.000-05:00After this week's theme I feel like such a Philest...After this week's theme I feel like such a Philestine . .super post.<BR/><BR/>I'm now compulsed to at least 'think' about heading to at least one library if only to take it's photograph! I'm still looking for something to save me, wouldn't it be ironic if I found it at the library?Bainohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156193098088048637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-44026481617864420452009-02-19T19:44:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:44:00.000-05:00Our local library has ridiculously shortened hours...Our local library has ridiculously shortened hours. And you have to sign a statement acknowledging that if your book is overdue, you have comitted theft. When that policy went into effect, I handed in my card.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-91357015673231377352009-02-19T19:33:00.000-05:002009-02-19T19:33:00.000-05:00I forgot the tote bag part of my post-- which is a...I forgot the tote bag part of my post-- which is a shame. tsk tsk tut tutSquirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-15800534001723585082009-02-19T16:35:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:35:00.000-05:00I totally agree with Cicero- gardens and libraries...I totally agree with Cicero- gardens and libraries. I really enjoyed reading your post. I will be looking up some of the books you mention; and libraries are the best place for a shy teenager to hide- i speak from experience :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-86746591724109160142009-02-19T16:15:00.000-05:002009-02-19T16:15:00.000-05:00Now you got me thinking about all the libraries in...Now you got me thinking about all the libraries in my life. I agree with Roy, a great take on the theme, T!Meganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09387041422819664987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-10137214534938650192009-02-19T15:33:00.000-05:002009-02-19T15:33:00.000-05:00Lovely poems. The smell of books is amazing, isn't...Lovely poems. The smell of books is amazing, isn't it?Dot-Comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10663586004771357488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-71125350876988432632009-02-19T13:43:00.001-05:002009-02-19T13:43:00.001-05:00i would like a library card. i think i'll get some...i would like a library card. i think i'll get someone to make one for me.edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09979341853086406917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-10802980934098899582009-02-19T13:43:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:43:00.000-05:00Loved this post--what a great hand off spot--sure ...Loved this post--what a great hand off spot--sure beats McDonald's!<BR/><BR/>I remember all of my earliest childhood libraries and many very nice librarians. Also school libraries as I bounced from school to school, some grade schools had great little libraries, one didn't have any at all! <BR/><BR/>wish I'd saved library cards, too.Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16459620834878853588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-17651537636495581552009-02-19T13:09:00.000-05:002009-02-19T13:09:00.000-05:00Reya you are correct about the Alexandria library....Reya you are correct about the Alexandria library. Alas, it was burned to the ground in antiquity. Imagine, a couple thousand years of written history-gone forever :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-15939242349002583372009-02-19T12:57:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:57:00.000-05:00I had completely forgotten about the little metal ...I had completely forgotten about the little metal strip on my first library card. That seems like a long time ago.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18356998698106275372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-27164380108889509052009-02-19T12:41:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:41:00.000-05:00Beautiful tribute to libraries. Wasn't the great l...Beautiful tribute to libraries. Wasn't the great library of ... Alexandria?? ... one of the seven wonders of the world. I probably have that wrong.<BR/><BR/>I do love the smell of books.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-35957441955526714342009-02-19T12:24:00.000-05:002009-02-19T12:24:00.000-05:00Libraries, one of my favorite topics! I haven't se...Libraries, one of my favorite topics! I haven't seen a library open on Sunday, either here in rural WI or back in Minneapolis, for at least 10 years. Sad, really. One hopes that the powers that be looked at the daily stats before deciding that Sunday was the day to cut. I have observed that Friday evenings were the next to go. <BR/><BR/>I have been on all sides of the circ desk -- a long-time library patron, an assistant librarian, and now a county supervisor (that's what we call commissioners in WI) -- and have supported and fought for libraries all along. Budgets are cruelly tight, and libraries have to defend their existence and their services every budget cycle. I have been able to help our county library, one that is perennially on the chopping block because few people understand how unique its services are, reinvent itself and its mission to be more defensible and more efficient. I hope that helps when budget time rolls around again this year.<BR/><BR/>But I will never understand why people who don't use libraries or books feel that they have the right to close the library and deny the rest of us its wonder and usefulness.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-51083134108755742252009-02-19T11:38:00.000-05:002009-02-19T11:38:00.000-05:00Times spent in libraries---a great and interesting...Times spent in libraries---a great and interesting way to frame one's life. I also loved your quotes. Regarding the anti-intellectuallism and struggling of libraries in these times...Both are good points, but sometimes commissioners have the unfortunate task of having to cut budgets--and too often it is the libraries that get short shrift. Many people mistakenly believe that libraries have become superfluous due to the Internet, and think they are doing tax payers a favor by cutting weekends rather than days when kids gather there after school. Both are needed as are homebound services and budgets for technology and services for persons with disabilities. <BR/><BR/>How many of you are aware of your library's annual usage stats or constituencies???<BR/><BR/>Where I live, much of our economy is tourist-based, and because wage levels are often lower than the rest of the country and we have no state income tax, budgets are always tight. With the economy in the worst condition I have ever seen, things will only grow tighter, and the libraries will have to make due with less and provide for many who are down on their luck at the same time. Where I live, more people use the libraries than visit tourist attractions. That could be because the attractions have become expensive, but it might also be because seniors, singles, families and kids all know a better deal when they see it.<BR/><BR/>I hope all of you will learn about your library, who uses it, its history and your own stats, if nothing else so you can challenge the politicians where you live to make better decisions on your behalf. Sorry for the lengthy post.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33731975.post-31977028356780872502009-02-19T10:54:00.000-05:002009-02-19T10:54:00.000-05:00A life measured in libraries! I love this take on ...A life measured in libraries! I love this take on the theme, tut-tut.<BR/><BR/>Our library is open on Sundays from 1 - 5 pm. And actually, this was an innovation; up until about 5 years ago the library was closed on Sundays. I have no idea who convinced them to open up.Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.com