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Honestly, as more media is created the worth of curated collections increases faster than the worth of the media itself. If I were in charge of libraries, I'd b
by 6d0debc071 13y ago
Honestly, as more media is created the worth of curated collections increases faster than the worth of the media itself. If I were in charge of libraries, I'd be looking into that aspect of things. Because, right now, I walk into libraries and they're just mediocre collections of books I've no interest in.
- 1123581321 13y agoLibraries do curate their collections, but they serve a lot of different people and they more closely accomplish their mission by having the books 10 different kinds of people want than by having just the books one person wants. If they seem to be falling behind on book replacement or addition, it's probably for financial reasons. If they are woefully out of date or off base in a particular section (computer science is common, sadly), then they could probably use your expertise. I help pick finance books for one library. However, public libraries ultimately expect people with particular and/or extensive interests to be able to search the catalog and order books through inter library loan.