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Librarian here. There is no pleasure of stumbling upon a book in the wrong place.
by mrlyc 9y ago
Librarian here. There is no pleasure of stumbling upon a book in the wrong place.
- Aissen 9y agoAs a library user it's a pet peeve of mine. If I ever see a book in wrong place, I just put it back where it belongs. There's noting more infuriating than not finding a book and knowing it's somewhere in there.
- dozzie 9y ago> As a library user it's a pet peeve of mine. As a book user I really hate this misuse of syntax. This pet peeve of yours is not a library user.
- Mediterraneo10 9y ago> If I ever see a book in wrong place, I just put it back where it belongs. A lot of university libraries clearly instruct users not to put books back after taking them off the shelf, because in putting it back "in the right place", they often get it wrong. Instead, one should put it in a designated place for the library staff to shelve it instead.
- Cthulhu_ 9y agoMaybe that's why they used to chain books to the shelves / reading stands? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chained_library https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chained_library)
- Aissen 9y agoThat's actually good advice. In the event I cannot figure out the classification system, I fallback to this solution.
- yuubi 9y agoSome libraries supposedly collect statistics on books used in the building, measured by counting books in the to-be-reshelved area, for use when lobbying for funding.
- tehwalrus 9y agoHave you read Patrick Rothfuss' Name of the Wind? The Arcanum from it is a librarian's nightmare, I wondered what you thought of the description / if you've ever worked in a library that's too big to sort properly.