Link to December 5 KCHBlog post, "10 Reasons I Love Yet Ignore the Library". (via Lazyfeed)Excerpt: So why can’t I remember the last time I visited a library other than to say “hi” to the high school librarian? Here are a few reasons:
- I already have a pile of books and magazines waiting to be read.
- When I decide I want to read a certain book, I put in a request on Bookins, and more often than not I get what I want and just pay the shipping.
- The wonderful Flintridge Bookstore is up the street, and it stocks the required reading books for our school district. I like to support them since they’re big supporters of our local schools, and since their business suffered when the truck crashed into them last year.
- Amazon.com. Sorry, but I get free shipping.
- When I read a book, I don’t always finish in time to return it to the library.
- My local library is loud, bright and sometimes seems like an afterschool daycare facility. (The picture to the right is not of our local library: it’s a picture of the Camarillo Library, whose interior was designed by The Design Studio.)
- The library usually doesn’t have what I’m looking for in stock at our local branch. They’re good about ordering online, but that doesn’t help if I’m in a hurry.
- If I want to listen to an audiobook, I purchase it on iTunes and put it on my iPod.
- I don’t need to use the computers at the library, since I have one at home. And through it I can access more updated research information than the printed encyclopedia at the library has. (Are there printed copies of encyclopedias anymore?)
- My dog chewed up my library card, and then I lost it. Seriously. I was hoping to scan it for this post, but I can’t find it.
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