Comments on: An Internet Cafe? http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/05/18/an-internet-cafe/ Development site for Bronx Banter Blog's upcoming look and feel Sun, 26 May 2013 04:31:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alex Belth http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/05/18/an-internet-cafe/#comment-278639 Alex Belth Fri, 18 May 2012 17:43:05 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=85375#comment-278639 Very sad, man. Very sad, man.

]]> By: glennstout http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/05/18/an-internet-cafe/#comment-278637 glennstout Fri, 18 May 2012 16:56:12 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=85375#comment-278637 Happening everywhere, sadly. The Boston Public Library, where I worked for ten years and was arguably one of the top six or eight public libraries in the world, is now, between staff cutback and moving material to "remote storage" a euphemism for getting them out of the way so they can be gotten rid of at some future date, is a shell of what it once was. As far as civic governments are concerned, the books are nothing but a bother, and those of us who think words still matter are fewer every day. Happening everywhere, sadly. The Boston Public Library, where I worked for ten years and was arguably one of the top six or eight public libraries in the world, is now, between staff cutback and moving material to “remote storage” a euphemism for getting them out of the way so they can be gotten rid of at some future date, is a shell of what it once was. As far as civic governments are concerned, the books are nothing but a bother, and those of us who think words still matter are fewer every day.

]]> By: rbj http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/05/18/an-internet-cafe/#comment-278636 rbj Fri, 18 May 2012 16:27:24 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=85375#comment-278636 "But many—for the most part books that are rarely consulted and journals that are also available online—will be shipped to the library’s storage facility in Princeton, New Jersey" Just last week I got a call from the US Supreme Court, they needed photocopies of a couple of pages from an obscure edition of an obscure legal dictionary. No one in DC had a copy, not even the Library of Congress. But somehow, we in Toledo are one of 11 libraries world wide (that are on WorldCat -- worldwide library online catalog) that have it. Never throw out old, obscure books, because the next day you'll need it. “But many—for the most part books that are rarely consulted and journals that are also available online—will be shipped to the library’s storage facility in Princeton, New Jersey”

Just last week I got a call from the US Supreme Court, they needed photocopies of a couple of pages from an obscure edition of an obscure legal dictionary. No one in DC had a copy, not even the Library of Congress. But somehow, we in Toledo are one of 11 libraries world wide (that are on WorldCat — worldwide library online catalog) that have it. Never throw out old, obscure books, because the next day you’ll need it.

]]> By: joejoejoe http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2012/05/18/an-internet-cafe/#comment-278635 joejoejoe Fri, 18 May 2012 16:00:02 +0000 http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/?p=85375#comment-278635 I hope they can maintain the space in a way that is consistent with people engaged in thought. Grand Central Station is a marvelous place because you feel that your movements are important. A library can make your thoughts feel important but you don't really want to read a book in the middle of Grand Central Station. I hope they can maintain the space in a way that is consistent with people engaged in thought. Grand Central Station is a marvelous place because you feel that your movements are important. A library can make your thoughts feel important but you don’t really want to read a book in the middle of Grand Central Station.

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