Comments on: An Ode to Public Libraries http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2003/07/24/an-ode-to-public-libraries/ life and travels of an iowan abroad Mon, 06 Dec 2010 04:24:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: db http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2003/07/24/an-ode-to-public-libraries/#comment-19 db Sat, 26 Jul 2003 06:55:33 +0000 http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/?p=13#comment-19 Wooooo! Give it up for the Austin Public Library System! Little Walnut Creek is a good branch; for that matter, every branch is a good branch except for the North Village branch, which is a closet. Which reminds me, it's about time for another Fact Party. Expect an appropriate ausleri post soon. Wooooo! Give it up for the Austin Public Library System! Little Walnut Creek is a good branch; for that matter, every branch is a good branch except for the North Village branch, which is a closet.

Which reminds me, it’s about time for another Fact Party. Expect an appropriate ausleri post soon.

]]> By: teno http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2003/07/24/an-ode-to-public-libraries/#comment-18 teno Sat, 26 Jul 2003 02:33:01 +0000 http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/?p=13#comment-18 my colleague jacob created a couple of bookmarklets that you will dig: http://www.chompy.net/blogs/jacob/archives/000234/index.php if you're browsing amazon (or powell's, or barnes & noble, for that matter) and find a book you want to read, but don't want to buy, click on the bookmarklet and it will search the austin public library for it. there's also one for the UT library. it searches based on the ISBN. i have these on my safari toolbar in a menu called "lib-lookup", so it's a very simple and elegant. don't forget the wunnerful TEXshare card, that enables APL cardholders to also check out books at UT and dozens of other libraries: http://www.texshare.edu/programs/card/index.html that's a lot of book! my colleague jacob created a couple of bookmarklets that you will dig:

http://www.chompy.net/blogs/jacob/archives/000234/index.php

if you’re browsing amazon (or powell’s, or barnes & noble, for that matter) and find a book you want to read, but don’t want to buy, click on the bookmarklet and it will search the austin public library for it. there’s also one for the UT library. it searches based on the ISBN.

i have these on my safari toolbar in a menu called “lib-lookup”, so it’s a very simple and elegant.

don’t forget the wunnerful TEXshare card, that enables APL cardholders to also check out books at UT and dozens of other libraries:

http://www.texshare.edu/programs/card/index.html

that’s a lot of book!

]]> By: narrator http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2003/07/24/an-ode-to-public-libraries/#comment-17 narrator Sat, 26 Jul 2003 00:15:26 +0000 http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/?p=13#comment-17 Wow, that blows. The Austin Libraries aren't doing so hot but not THAT bad. They'd like to build a new main library but will have to wait a bit, but they still seem to be procuring and keeping open. Bless their little booky, civil-liberty lovin' souls. One more sign: you should move to Austin. Wow, that blows. The Austin Libraries aren’t doing so hot but not THAT bad. They’d like to build a new main library but will have to wait a bit, but they still seem to be procuring and keeping open. Bless their little booky, civil-liberty lovin’ souls.

One more sign: you should move to Austin.

]]> By: bug http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/2003/07/24/an-ode-to-public-libraries/#comment-16 bug Fri, 25 Jul 2003 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.constantnarrator.com/wp/?p=13#comment-16 I, too, am a huge fan of the public library. Its one of the last bastions of the idea that people might actually have intellectual interests they want to pursue outside any formal framework. Information Wants To Be Free! Anyhow, in the quest for some free information about my trip to europe, I stopped by the new library in my 'hood, the new Capital Hill Library. I was hoping to peruse their selection of travel books, find some quick-reading fiction, and perhaps bootleg some audiobooks off cd. However, when I arrived at 7pm, I found that my pleasure was to be DENIED. Now, 7pm is mid-afternoon in this semi-arctic clime, and the sun was still quite high in the sky. A big sign proclaimed the new library hours: CLOSED at 6pm, Wednesday through Sunday. Furthermore, the entire city library system is to be closed up entirely from August 25th to September 1st in an effort to cut costs in a bad economy. Dark Times indeed. I, too, am a huge fan of the public library. Its one of the last bastions of the idea that people might actually have intellectual interests they want to pursue outside any formal framework. Information Wants To Be Free!

Anyhow, in the quest for some free information about my trip to europe, I stopped by the new library in my ‘hood, the new Capital Hill Library. I was hoping to peruse their selection of travel books, find some quick-reading fiction, and perhaps bootleg some audiobooks off cd. However, when I arrived at 7pm, I found that my pleasure was to be DENIED. Now, 7pm is mid-afternoon in this semi-arctic clime, and the sun was still quite high in the sky. A big sign proclaimed the new library hours: CLOSED at 6pm, Wednesday through Sunday. Furthermore, the entire city library system is to be closed up entirely from August 25th to September 1st in an effort to cut costs in a bad economy.

Dark Times indeed.

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