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Have you not noticed that libraries rarely have many books anymore? Most of the space is taken up by computers, 3d printers and various other things, conference

• WalterBright 6y ago
  My local library is gigantic. But there are hardly any books in it. The shelves are low to the ground, the aisles are wide, and the shelves only occupy about a quarter of the floor space. I don't even bother looking for scifi there, as there's pretty much nothing. Most of the rest of the books are clearly targeted towards young readers. Where I browse for books are thrift stores. Some deceased person's books get dumped there, and I've found and bought a ton of cool books there. Being a thrift store, they're cheap as dirt, too. Lots of old scifi, too!
  • 082349872349872 6y ago
    Some friends of mine would buy (by mass[1]) books libraries were getting rid of to make room for their new acquisitions. This strategy is more expensive than it might naively seem, because they were forced to move house every so often as their collection expanded. (Walter, would you know if Powell's still exists in its original form?) [1] buying by bulk resulted in many duplicates, which they'd leave in a pile at the front door for guests to take away.
• umvi 6y ago
  The majority of the people in my local library are (or rather were, before covid-19) immigrants and other low income people camping on the computers to use the free internet