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Libraries have adopted technology in more ways than the obvious - my local library is part of a system wherein I can order books from 70-some-odd other librarie
by Fej 9y ago
Libraries have adopted technology in more ways than the obvious - my local library is part of a system wherein I can order books from 70-some-odd other libraries (for free!) and return them back to my local library. I can also physically go to those other libraries, take out items, and return them at any other library, all with the same card. The collection is fully searchable online, with gobs of metadata on each item and the location and status of every single copy (out or available), plus e-books. It's amazing.
Recently I ordered Minecraft for PS4 from another library to play with my cousin (again, free) and when I went to pick it up I also went to the shelves and took out Discourse on the Method & Meditations.
As a result of the system, the selection of media is... beyond compare. I could not be happier that my tax dollars are going to my library.
- rainbowmverse 9y agoGeorgia's library system has something similar: https://pines.georgialibraries.org/ https://pines.georgialibraries.org/ They even made their software open source: https://evergreen-ils.org/ https://evergreen-ils.org/
- Veratyr 9y agoI had this at home in Australia! I could order books from countless libraries. In the Bay Area, my own local library unfortunately doesn't have anything like this but the San Francisco library does. I recall having a book brought in from Sacramento.
- stevenwoo 9y agoI'm served by the Santa Clara County library system and I believe any thing of which they have physical possession (DVD/book/tape/etc) can be transferred between any branch for your convenience. Where exactly are you?
- Veratyr 9y agoAlameda County. As far as I know, my library doesn't have this, at least exposed in through the online catalogue.