[Sca-librarians] Re: Efficacy of Small Local Libraries

[Solveig Throndardottir]

Noble Librarians!

Greetings from Solveig!
On 2005 Dec 10, at 5:58 PM, Fiadnata wrote:
> Walking into any library -- even a small public library -- with the 
> information I give you below, they should be able to ILL any of these.
au contraire, I just did precisely that. I called them on the phone and 
asked if I could do interlibrary loan through them, they said yes, but 
I needed to sign up for a library card. So I went in with my list of 
OCLC numbers and after receiving my library card was told that they 
were only capable of borrowing books from nearby local libraries. So, I 
have a new shiny library card, but still have to make overnight trips 
to go to libraries which have the books I need in their collections, 
And, people wonder why I insist on buying and keeping around so many 
books!

									Your Humble Servant
									Solveig Throndardottir
									Amateur Scholar

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