Posted on 07/01/2013 5:17:15 PM PDT by drewh
IF library staff have so much free time that can be applied to helping people sign up for 0bamacare,
We need to cut back that headcount to an affordable level.
Why are so many library staff folks sitting around with time on their hands.
Or, will they ignore their normal assigned work???
I look forward to your posts.
I cannot believe library folks are sitting with their hands in their pockets, waiting to be assigned work.
IF they are, they have to find another job!
Where are the library employees going to find time to help folks with 0bama care??
The library branch I use most of the time is staffed entirely by volunteers. If our entire system has 5 paid staffers I would be very surprised.
We have no more room for anymore books in our house. Except for gifts, we only buy books in the local thrift or vintage shops - and I’ve actually found some really neat books for gifts in them.
I understand your comment about the bums. Fortunately, my local branch doesn’t have that problem.
Our system also runs content filters. My daughter turns 15 tomorrow but cannot use a library computer without my written consent and that consent is in the system, but must be renewed every year.
Several of my friends are volunteers in the branch I primarily use and they have heard nothing about this happening in our system, but too a one all said they will stop volunteering in a heartbeat if they even consider participating.
Books smell good. Especially old ones. I go to the library and check out the big, fat ones about famous artists. I peruse them for hours, and then take them back for more. The complete works of Gustav Dore, Francisco Goya, Salvador Dali and Heironymous Bosch are among my favorites. And you can check out the current bestsellers if you think they’re worth reading. And science books. Recently I found a book at the library called “Parasite Rex” by a scientist named Carl Zimmer. It was scarier than any horror novel I’ve ever read, and it was REAL. When you wander through the aisles of a big library, you run across all kinds of unusual books. Especially back in the corners where they keep the esoteric books. Some of them are so dusty that you can tell that nobody has checked them out in years, maybe decades. And you get to lay in bed and read them in comfort, instead of burning your eyes reading a laptop.
Agreed.
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