Do You Use Your Public Library?

[iamangelicangel]

I used to use my local library quite frequently as a child, but I've somehow managed to stop now. I don't really know what happened. I guess uni happened, hehe. I see a lot of kids there now, it makes me so happy to see kids reading.

On Sundays my local library opens at 1 or 2pm, and there's always a bunch of kids and their parents waiting outside. It's just so cool! I love seeing kids read.

 

[fairmaidenvoyage]

I go to the library about every two weeks, I check out a ton of books. I think I am going tomorrow and get some more. I love to read

 

[KristianJ]

I'm starting to use it more often It has a fairly good range of stuff and has an online search engine that I can access at home so I can find whether any particular books are available before I go there

 

[lordfalconer]

i cant go without my local library, the amout that i read means that i cant afford to buy every book i want, public librarys offer so much its a shame that many people dont bother to frequent them anymore

 

[symphonyb]

I haven't in almost a year.

 

[MarvinAndroid42]

I can't stand the feel of a book that's been touched by a thousand different people. Something about the cover being of a damp, waxy, icky feel makes me utterly repulsed to read anything in the library but the research books required for school.
No one can touch my books. I ruined a book by myself making the cover peculiar feeling (don't buy Penguin Classics - their books are particularly prone), and so I ripped off the cover. Looks like a stripped book, so I don't bring it to school like I do with my other nice ones.
All the books that I read on my own are from the bookstore.

 

[stonetoflesh]

Hooray for the library! I started using the public library again when I finished grad school and started working there (I'm a reference librarian); now most of the books I read are from there. There are certain books that I have to buy if I want to read them (esp. old paperback scifi/fantasy stuff), because the library's collection development policy doesn't allow for the purchase of used books.

 

[lilangel04_86]

I'm from Louisiana and I work at a library. We have the same system where you can borrow books from other libraries. I get patronized a lot, but I love it. I'm exactly where I wanted to be.

 

[cgmom]

I take my daughter but the selection overall is pretty poor. Everything seems to be through ILL and that takes forever. I go to Half Price Books... considering that I forget to return books on time, it ends up almost being cheaper to just buy them there.

 

[flywithchrist06]

I don't have a public library Ilive on a ranch and the closest town doesn't have a library either. The closest one is a couple hours away.

 

[tqpix]

I don't go to the libray. I don't like touching second-hand books--who knows where the hands of the people who borrowed those books have been.

 

[fwibble]

i go to the library quite a bit but i do prefer to buy books then i can start when i want to and take my time reading it. also my local library does not have a wide variety of books so i normally have to go out and buy them anyway.

 

[SoftballGirl61]

I go to our public library every Monday and Thursday and I like to look for Historical Fiction and books on slavery and such like things.

 

[moomoocowjess]

Yeah I go to the library but they don't really seem to have many of the books that I want. I prefer to buy my own then I can read them as many times as I want

 

[VeronicasImage]

Never. I just don't get there or need their services. I go to bookstores.

 

[Linnis]

We have a great public Library and we use our(my husband and I) Library cards on a weekly bases. We read a lot and if we had to buy all the books we read it would cost a fortune. We have begun going Bi-Weekly since it became winter, seems like this winter is going to be harsh.

 

[Ann M]

I love my local library, and know that the catalogue is available on-line, I can browse and hold without having to go down and collect it when I can! We are allowed to borrow up to 20 books at a time for up to 4 weeks, so its really great.

 

[GrinningDwarf]

All the time! It was alot easier when we lived in town, though. If I was late coming home from work, my wife always knew I'd walk in with armful of new FREE books!

It's not the same now that we live 30 miles outside of town...but I still always manage to have a few library books around.

 

[destinyhope]

no i prefer to use my computer to find information and entertain me!

 

[flywithchrist06]

I don't go to the libray. I don't like touching second-hand books--who knows where the hands of the people who borrowed those books have been.

hmm good point...but.....same thing goes for money if you think about it...i still use that though