BS: are libarys rubbish?

Subject: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: GUEST,jOhn
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:00 AM

no smoking, no eating meat pies, no eating crips allowed, total rubbish, probsbly no foxhunting allowed as well, blooddy rip off.
i'm off outside for a smoke!

and haf to switch portable ohones off "please switch your ohone off or disturb peiople".

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:02 AM

Dang right they are, j0hn! And if they didn't pay me I certainly wouldn't work there!

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Paco Rabanne
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:03 AM

I have heard that you have to have your personality surgically removed before you are allowed to work in a library. Is this true?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:07 AM

Yes and no. It's not done surgically.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Davetnova
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:08 AM

Heel0 J0hn, we missed you. For a minute I thought JoHn=rubish, but then I thought Naah.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Morticia
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:11 AM

Nothing in there but books and stuff too, what's all that about?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Nick
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 10:52 AM

Libraries are WONDERFUL

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Wesley S
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:31 AM

No Libraries are fine. However - the folks who try to smoke and eat meat pies and chips in the library are rubbish - in my opinion. They NEED to go outside. Foxhunting anywhere - the library included - is rubbish also.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Amos
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:33 AM

Don't see me going in 'em much -- all people do in there is read, hard on the eyes. All that thinking is entirely too precious, you ask me.


A

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:34 AM

libraries are the closest you can get to heaven on earth. well - if they have a children's play area they are. And a good science fiction section. And a good reference section. And comfortable reading areas.

of course - many don't. THOSE are rubbish.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Ron Davies
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:35 AM

Oh, come on John, just keep looking. There must be at least one library that allows foxhunting.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:44 AM

Hail, boy, ya jist come out here ta Idaho. We'll let ya fox hunt in the Library! Jist as long as ya don't use horses er guns er yell "Tally-Ho!" er blow them damned bugles er use pupdogs. Er foxes, fer that matter. I'll let ya do it, too, 'cuz I run the joint.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Gervase
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:55 AM

Course they're rubbish - they tend to make you think, and we all know that's bad for you. Stick to betting shops and pubs, mate, otherwise you might learn summat!

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 11:55 AM

SILENCE in here! People are trying to read!
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Bill D
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 12:02 PM

I was in a library in Kansas once, and I saw this REAL Fox....followed her around for awhile, but she threatened to sic the dogs on ME if I didn't stop...so....

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Don Firth
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 12:59 PM

There is not much point in going to a library if you can't read. If you can, it opens up the Entire Universe for your exploration.

It helps if you can read without moving your lips.

Don Firth
(Married to a librarian. And I know lots of librarians. Plenty of personality.)

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Don Firth
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 01:23 PM

Here yah go!

QUIET!!

(That's a link, incidentally.)

Nancy Pearl, the model for the action figure, looks a bit like that, but she doesn't dress like that. It's an deliberate stereotype, done as a joke. She's on the radio (local NPR affiliate) once a week, talking with the host about her latest reading recommendations. She's married (unlike the stereotypical old-maid librarian). I don't know if she has any kids. She's a bookaholic, reads very fast, and absorbs several books a week:   all kindsa stuff, including mysteries, science fiction, general fiction, non-fiction. Good recommendations. I've read a lot of the stuff she's recommended, and she's never steered my to a book that I didn't agree was well worth reading.

She's also one helluva funny lady.

Libraries are a mark of a civilized society. In fact, I'm not sure civilization would be possible without them.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 01:30 PM

It's libarrians that aru rubbish! They ware pointy eyeglases and ugly necklaces and they are all verry mean two.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 01:35 PM

Be quiet you! Shush! Quiet down or I'll call your mother!


(God, I've always wanted to say that in a library....)

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Don Firth
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 01:36 PM

More on SUPERLIBRARIAN.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Amos
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 01:36 PM

No, the rubbish associated with libraries is in the rubbishy patrons, a small minority who make trubble and are stupid so there. And the budget meisters all so.

A

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:01 PM

For what it's worth, Nancy Pearl is coming to speak in Pocatello in October. I've spoken with her several times -- a delightful person.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: GUEST,library fan
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:06 PM

Love everything about them. The smell, the floors, the books, the quiet. Best free resource UK has to offer. Are they free in US too?
To join and borrow from? Love them all. The long and the short and the tall.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:43 PM

I love libraries! They're about the only place in the world where there's absolutely no chance anyone is going to play accordion or bagpipes.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Little Hawk
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:48 PM

Well, at least...not for long!

I wonder if this guy I know would be willing to play his bagpipes in the Orillia Library if I gave him five bucks to do it? :-)

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:51 PM

We have had fiddlers, bagpipers, choral groups (from Estonia!), string quartets, kids' choirs, pianists, guitarists, a brass choir, and others play here. I don't know about accordionists.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 04:51 PM

Not all at once!

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Angiemac
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 05:22 PM

Do foxes live in libraries?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Ron Davies
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:38 PM

Ask Bill D.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:46 PM

Yes, they do. At least in the Western US. The Rocky Mountain Spotted Book Fox is sometimes seen, but it is on the endangered species list -- it's considered "critical." It's habitat consists of thoughtful, insightful, well-written books and, well, it's another case of habitat destruction.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 06:48 PM

Foxes generally aren't found in public libraries. University libraries, on the other hand, are rife with them.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Nick
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 07:18 PM

Isn't the internet a sort of library?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Blowzabella
Date: 01 Mar 05 - 08:18 PM

Childrens play areas in Libraries - No way - now, somewhere you can leave your puppydog - THAT would be good....

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: JennieG
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 03:34 AM

If you don't all be quiet now I will sool Conan the Librarian onto you!

Cheers
JennieG....I must be a real tragic, I have worked in libraries for nigh on 30 years now.......

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Teresa
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 03:52 AM

Well, as a totally blind person, I have extremely mixed feelings about libraries. :) I do love to go into them and fantasize about all the nice books. Actually, I've seen Braille collections.

The Internet has loads of them, like this one and this oneand this one for blind folks like me :)

Teresa

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: GUEST,The Librarian
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 04:08 AM

OOK!   EEK!

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 04:47 AM

Teresa. I presume you will have heard of the National Library for the Blind which provides both Braille and Moon books. If not their website is www.nlb-online.org
Best wishes, Mike.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 05:41 AM

Good morning, jOhn!

'I really didn't realize the librarians were, you know, such a dangerous group. You think they're just sitting at the desk, all quiet and everything. They're like plotting the revolution, man. I wouldn't mess with them' - Michael Moore

So be careful, flamenco ted: we're watching you...

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Big Al Whittle
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 05:50 AM

if I were a book, I wouldn't want to be in a library....too bloody quiet. And strange people would come and the stuff out of their noses and ears would get smeared on my pages.

give a short happy life in somebody's pocket any time, and then the OXFAM shop.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: greg stephens
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 05:56 AM

JOhn, come and try Newcastle-under-Lyme libary, it's had a make-over. They've rounded off all the corners, painted the walls pink, built some little alcoves to sit in, got lots of new videos, DVDs and CDs, and put up loads of big notices with easy to read lettering. They've also removed half of the books, but you can't fight progress, can you?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 06:24 AM

The Librarian

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 06:45 AM

Re. foxes in libraries:

It looked like the sort of book described in library catalogues as "slightly foxed", although it would be more honest to admit that it looked as though it had beed badgered, wolved and possibly beared as well.
-- Ah, but has it been hedgehogged?

-(Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic)

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Noreen
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 06:50 AM

"A book has been taken. A book has been taken? You summoned the Watch," Carrot drew himself up proudly, "because someone's taken a book? You think that's worse than murder?"

The Librarian gave him the kind of look other people would reserve for people who said things like "What's so bad about genocide?"

-Terry Pratchett

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Ethan's Granny
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 08:07 AM

The university library I work in has applied for funding for an Archivist to work on material donated (after a lot of persuasion), and described as high academic status, but the university wants to support "research" into motor sport and - of all things - brewing, so guess what? We don't get our Archivist.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Rapparee
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 08:32 AM

Books are for use.
    Books are for all; or Every reader his book.
    Every book its reader.
    Save the time of the reader.
    A library is a growing organism.
                   — Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan (1892-1972)

Mary Kay is one of the secret masters of the world: a librarian. They control information. Don't ever piss one off.
                   —   Spider Robinson: The Callahan Touch

Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it...Rise for the flag, salute.
                    -- (Francis Vincent) Frank Zappa

I pray that no child of mine would ever descend into such a place as a library. They are indeed most dangerous places and unfortunate is she or he who is lured into such a hellhole of enjoyment, stimulus, facts, passion and fun.
        
                   -- Willy Russell

My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
                    -- Malcolm X: Autobiograhy of Malcolm X.

And for those who are just dying to know what I look like -- here's a link. I'm the one in the first picture.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: GUEST,Sooz (at work)
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 08:50 AM

Now what makes me think thats a fib?

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Amos
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 09:21 AM

Too kind a word for it. It's a delusion!


A

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Don Firth
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 01:51 PM

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury.

Don Firth

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: Mooh
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 02:02 PM

Libraries? Too far from MacDonald's and Walmart. Mooh.

Subject: RE: BS: are libarys rubbish?
From: George Papavgeris
Date: 02 Mar 05 - 02:28 PM

Aahhh...As soon as I saw the thread title I knew the world is all right again.