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Almost all the books I actually want to read are pretty niche (programming or Catholic), and because of that I can never find them in our local library system.
by sdegutis 11y ago
Almost all the books I actually want to read are pretty niche (programming or Catholic), and because of that I can never find them in our local library system. Only Amazon or Archive.org end up having them.
(FWIW Archive.org + Lulu.com is a great way to get an out-of-print book into your hands for relatively cheap.)
So the way I see it, libraries are good for reading what people popularly read. They're good for introducing our children to Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys, or Lord of the Rings, or Dr. Seuss, or Amelia Bedelia.
- zimbu668 11y agoYou might have already looked into this, but a lot of public libraries are part of larger interlibrary system that will include other public libraries + college libraries. Where I'm at the consortium includes most of Colorado and Wyoming, with a total of ~30M volumes. I can request them online and they're typically available at my local library in a few days.