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Does the average person have an interest in going to libraries?
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Cleander - Posts: 805
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Doesn't using a local public library, regularly, free up ratepaying residents from having to amass enough books, DVD's & other materials to store their own personal library?
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waggawerewolf27 - Posts: 8781
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Is that any reason for people not to borrow books?
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Doesn't that depend on which books are your favourites, on the one hand, and which books you might read only the once that will clutter up your book shelves?
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waggawerewolf27 - Posts: 8781
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But even if you only read a book once, can't you keep it so you can loan it out to friends?
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Would your friends want to borrow the book or books in question?
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Do you trust those friends sufficiently to return any favourite book you might want to keep?
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waggawerewolf27 - Posts: 8781
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What if those friends never return your favorite book and the book is out of print?
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Have you ever heard of Inter-library loans, whereby your own fantastic & virtuously guarded borrowing record may induce your local library to scour other libraries' holdings for anything it doesn't hold itself?
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waggawerewolf27 - Posts: 8781
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What would happen if the books aren't at those other libraries?
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Would the librarians be allowed to purchase those books at their discretion?
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Wunderkind_Lucy - Posts: 2992
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Doesn't the answer to both the above questions depend on the library's book budget, the purpose of the library to be asked, & the sort of book item being requested?
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waggawerewolf27 - Posts: 8781
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Wouldn't the libraries budget depend on location i.e. small town or large city?
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Arwen_Daeneri31 - Posts: 414
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What if the smaller towns want more books than they can afford?
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Wunderkind_Lucy - Posts: 2992
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Don't those towns, larger or smaller, have finance departments & accountants who allocate how much money librarians receive to run the library?
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