Since we moved(last summer), we now have access to a huge library with two storeys. It even has English books!!!
I saw three books of Redwall(in english) there: Redwall, Outcast of Redwall, and Long Patrol.
It also has Board Games, movies, cds, and lots of other stuff!!!
And we can borrow up to 8 books at a time.(before it was 5)
Quote from: Redwaller on April 15, 2013, 08:37:32 PM
Since we moved(last summer), we now have access to a huge library with two storeys. It even has English books!!!
I saw three books of Redwall(in english) there: Redwall, Outcast of Redwall, and Long Patrol.
It also has Board Games, movies, cds, and lots of other stuff!!!
And we can borrow up to 8 books at a time.(before it was 5)
Lucky you! My library isn't tiny, But it is sort of small. But one atvantege that I have with it that the amount of books you can check out at a time is right now unlimited, as long as you return them, that is ;).
Cool!
And we also have a computer catalogue to search for books.
Quote from: Redwaller on April 15, 2013, 08:51:18 PM
Cool!
And we also have a computer catalogue to search for books.
My library have about 17 computers at my library, with about 14 of them for both our library catalogue and express internet.
Cool!
They probably have that too, I didn't explore yet. And I wouldn't need the Internet since I have it at home XD
Quote from: Redwaller on April 15, 2013, 08:56:50 PM
Cool!
They probably have that too, I didn't explore yet. And I wouldn't need the Internet since I have it at home XD
Yea, I have internet at my house too, but sometimes I use theres when the occasion calls for it.
Being in New Zealand's biggest city, there are lots of libraries near me. Most are fairly small buildings (plus a mobile van that visits places like resthomes for the ederly), but because they are run by the local council, they are all connected and if one doesn't have the book you want they can get it from another branch for you. They also have an internet-accessible catalogue and booking system, so you can order your books from home.
BUT, I haven't gone to the library in years and don't even have a library membership card (which is free). I already have far too many books to read.
My library has two floors ones under ground and one ground level it has some computers for playing on and some for looking for books on.
I'm very lucky. I have a four story library only about a mile away from my house. And I know many of the librarians there.
My library's medium-sized. Underground level is children's, main level is fiction and movies, 2nd floor is nonfiction and young adult. I like sitting there to study, and I've been involved in quite a lot of stuff there over the years (was part of the teen group that helped design the young adult area, for example.) They've got most of the stuff I'm looking for, but occasionally I need an inter-library loan, mostly for new books. They also hae a big booksale every summer where people donate stuff and they clear out some older things. This is where I got most of the Redwall audiobook collection on cassette tape for $1 each.
Quote from: rusvulthesaber on April 16, 2013, 02:27:00 AM
I'm very lucky. I have a four story library only about a mile away from my house.
I didn't know that there
were four story libraries... The one in my city is two stories, and I thought that was a pretty decent size. It has a good selection, including some of my favorite authors (and two whole shelves full of Mr. Jacques' works). The first story is adults and teens, second story is children's books. :) *sigh* I love libraries...
Quote from: KitrallStreamrippler on April 16, 2013, 03:40:16 PM
:) *sigh* I love libraries...
Amen!
Since I only went once to get a quick peep(since we had to go to some place to get a paper so we can sign it so they can sign it after then we haveto show them, I couldn't get any books yet), I'll post more information when I go back(probably this weekend)
I've worked in libraries since before I was in high school. The public library where I live now has a great selection of books, including all of the Redwall books on CD!
I worked at the library at the university in town. Okay selection of kids books, but only a handful of Redwall books. And I'm happy to report that my thesis on the series was not in the area that got soaked when the library lost a huge chunk of it's roof last week (if you want to see some sad looking pics, let me know!)
The library I go to is smallish, it is primarily made of childrens' books (about half), but it is connected to the other libraries in my area and I can request for books and pick them up at this library. I can check out up to 50 books, which is nice to have if I ever have the need of 50 books ;)
I LOVE librarys! It's one of my favourite places! I could spend days there if I was allowed. So much information, storys, and other content right at my fingertips...*Happy sigh* I just love it!
Quote from: cregga rose eyes on April 17, 2013, 08:42:19 PM
The library I go to is smallish, it is primarily made of childrens' books (about half), but it is connected to the other libraries in my area and I can request for books and pick them up at this library. I can check out up to 50 books, which is nice to have if I ever have the need of 50 books ;)
My little brother always checks out about 30 books, and I usually help him take them to the car. We both read a lot, and the books aren't due for three weeks, but still- that's bordering on an insane amount.
Quote from: cregga rose eyes on April 17, 2013, 08:42:19 PM
The library I go to is smallish, it is primarily made of childrens' books (about half), but it is connected to the other libraries in my area and I can request for books and pick them up at this library. I can check out up to 50 books, which is nice to have if I ever have the need of 50 books ;)
Mine is the same!
I might go there this evening.
Some libraries also loan out toys, although that's becoming rarer because too many people keep losing the parts from jigsaws and boad games.
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 18, 2013, 10:41:55 PM
Some libraries also loan out toys, although that's becoming rarer because too many people keep losing the parts from jigsaws and boad games.
Yea, my library used to loan toys, but they stoped doing it a few years ago, probubly for the same reason as you stated :-\
There are other privately-owned shops that call themselves "Toy Libraries", but they either charge a rental fee or a membership fee, whereas the real librairs being Government-owned (here in New Zealand anyway) have free membership.
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 18, 2013, 10:41:55 PM
Some libraries also loan out toys, although that's becoming rarer because too many people keep losing the parts from jigsaws and boad games.
Our library still has them.
Quote from: Redwaller on April 19, 2013, 12:35:05 PM
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 18, 2013, 10:41:55 PM
Some libraries also loan out toys, although that's becoming rarer because too many people keep losing the parts from jigsaws and boad games.
Our library still has them.
Cool! What type of toys do they have? My library use to have special blocks that could be turned into a road for marbles. They used to keep my entertained for hours at a time when I was five :)
I think there's a few toys, but more for little ones(like 6 and under)
And it has about 100 Board Games you can have at 1$ for a week.
It also has over ten computers you can access.
And I didn't see the online searching yet.
One last thing, it has one of the Warriors books, the Mistmantle Chronicles, a few of The 39 Clues, The Inheritance Cycle, lots of Redwall books both in English and French. And I didn't see the rest yet.(We have access to over 1,5 Million Documents!)
Quote from: Redwaller on April 20, 2013, 09:45:54 PM
I think there's a few toys, but more for little ones(like 6 and under)
And it has about 100 Board Games you can have at 1$ for a week.
We have access to over 1,5 Million Documents!)
Lucky you!!!
We go to a really small library. I've pratically memorized where everything is.
I love the library :). I have two here in Colorado that I enjoy going to. One has an upstairs with a view of the Pikes Peak mountains.
I live within walking distance of the closest library. It is two story, with a study section and the young adult novels at the top. On the ground floor there are the adult books, as well as dvds and cds and then, in a little room off the side, the children's books. The library is pretty good, it generally has what I want, or if it doesn't I can order it from another library and they hang on to it for me. It has a lot (but not all) of the Redwall books (not that it matters for me, I own them all anyway).
However, I'm moving house soon, so I'll have to find a new library to go to.
My Library dosn't have all of the Redwall books (They have only around 9 different ones), but I'm able to make Interlibaray Loans easly. If my Library doesn't have the book I'm lokking for, some other Library will have it, simple as that!
A quick count of the local libraries near-ish me comes to six, not including any school or university libraries. :)
Eidt: Make that seven - I forgot one.
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 23, 2013, 10:37:18 PM
A quick count of the local libraries near-ish me comes to six, not including any school or university libraries. :)
Eidt: Make that seven - I forgot one.
I only have one library near me, unfortunautly :-\ Your really lucky, compaired to me!
I live in a big city and many of the suburbs have their own smallish libraries. So in the suburbs around where we live (previously the North Shore Council region) there are libraries at Albany, Browns Bay, Glenfield, Birkenhead, Northcote, Takapuna, and Devonport, with more in other suburbs further away ... of course, I haven't actually been inside one for MANY years, but my father does and borrows a pile of books every few weeks. :)
Being school holiday time here now (a two week break between terms 1 and 2), the libraries will currently be running School Holiday Programmes with story readings, etc.
There are about three libraries that I go to often, each not too far from my house since I live on the border of 4 cities.
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 24, 2013, 10:33:00 PM
I live in a big city and many of the suburbs have their own smallish libraries. So in the suburbs around where we live (previously the North Shore Council region) there are libraries at Albany, Browns Bay, Glenfield, Birkenhead, Northcote, Takapuna, and Devonport, with more in other suburbs further away ... of course, I haven't actually been inside one for MANY years, but my father does and borrows a pile of books every few weeks. :)
Being school holiday time here now (a two week break between terms 1 and 2), the libraries will currently be running School Holiday Programmes with story readings, etc.
i go to the panmure libary in auckland but it dosent have many redwall so i just buy them from second hand stores
In the last place I lived there was a library that had two wings and each wing had two stories and a basement and there was another library almost as big in the nearest city, it was awesome! ;D :o
Unfortunately, the place where I live now has no library. :'(
My city is really big, and has a whole system of public library's with its own website. Its great!
Wow that is so neat!
Apparently I'm really lucky to have such a great and big library.
Actually, there is a library in my area! I just overlooked it because the card is like $70. But we got the card last night and now we can go to the library! Yay! And it is fairly large!
Quote from: Mask on April 27, 2013, 05:45:06 PM
Actually, there is a library in my area! I just overlooked it because the card is like $70. But we got the card last night and now we can go to the library! Yay! And it is fairly large!
YOU HAD TO PAY $70 FOR A CARD!!?? Over here at my Library, getting a membership plus a card is totaly free!
Ours were free also.....WHAT 70 DOLLARS!
Actually, it might have been 80.
EDIT: OK, I just checked with my brother, it was $88!
Most people use the term "Library" to mean "Public Library", which is usually free or very cheap since it's paid for by public taxes, BUT there are also "Private Libraries" which you have to pay to be a member of.
Having said that, $88 could be quite cheap if it's only a one-off fee for a whole family.
There's a similar thing here in New Zealand. Over here the ambulance service is run by St John, which is a charity. Thanks to an idiotically hopeless Government >:(, people needing an ambulance are actually sent a bill afterwards to help recover some of the cost. Households can pay an annual membership fee, which gives them free ambulance service.
I don't remember paying anything for my Public Library card.
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 27, 2013, 11:41:25 PM
Most people use the term "Library" to mean "Public Library", which is usually free or very cheap since it's paid for by public taxes, BUT there are also "Private Libraries" which you have to pay to be a member of.
Having said that, $88 could be quite cheap if it's only a one-off fee for a whole family.
There's a similar thing here in New Zealand. Over here the ambulance service is run by St John, which is a charity. Thanks to an idiotically hopeless Government >:(, people needing an ambulance are actually sent a bill afterwards to help recover some of the cost. Households can pay an annual membership fee, which gives them free ambulance service.
Ok Thanks for the information!
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 27, 2013, 11:41:25 PM
There's a similar thing here in New Zealand. Over here the ambulance service is run by St John, which is a charity. Thanks to an idiotically hopeless Government >:(, people needing an ambulance are actually sent a bill afterwards to help recover some of the cost. Households can pay an annual membership fee, which gives them free ambulance service.
Now thats dumb >:(!
Quote from: Buzz_Bumble on April 27, 2013, 11:41:25 PM
Most people use the term "Library" to mean "Public Library", which is usually free or very cheap since it's paid for by public taxes, BUT there are also "Private Libraries" which you have to pay to be a member of.
Having said that, $88 could be quite cheap if it's only a one-off fee for a whole family.
Actually, our library isn't a private library so I don't think it should be that expensive. It's just that we don't live in the same city as the city that it is in so we have to pay a non resident fee. But some libraries much bigger than ours have much smaller fees.
Yep. A fee for "oustiders" can also apply in some places ... I'd forgotten that one. We used to have separate cards for each suburb's library, but they merged it into only one card years ago (books can also be returned to any branch, rather than the one they were borrowed from).
Guys, my local library just recently had a book returned fifty years late. That copy of the book is now worth almost $300 and they said they may put it on display.
Wow.
Now that's what I call a late fee.
What book?