As I librarian I wanted to thank the reader who suggested that people request that their library either purchase or borrow from other libraries items that are needed. Most libraries are happy to "go the extra mile" to get whatever is needed to satisfy patron's requests. Many users of libraries are not aware of this service. We can usual get almost anything that is requested (although sometimes it will take a little time, therefore patience may be necessary).
- Helpful Reader
There was a very good tip that, even when your library doesn't have the book you want, request it. This was the means I used to read the third volume of the Tightwad Gazette books. Because I requested it, they got an inter-library loan, and I was able to read a book that normally *lives* at a library in another state. If you use an inter-library loan, you do need to know that you will be required to follow the rules of the library making the loan, so you might have a few less days to read, and you probably won't be able to renew. I found that it was well worth it, anyway.
Carol, if you re-read the librarians message you will see that she was referring to 'inter-library loans' as being the service many people do not know about. I think the majority of people who are interested know full well about checking out books and movies for free, but many did not know that if an item is not available through their own library, they can request it through the Inter-Library Loan system.
I would like all of you to be aware of the fact that the Librarian said "most people are not aware of this service..." yet, we are all Americans, and we pay every day for our libraries, with our taxes, and yet, we are "not aware" of the services of the libraries we are paying for on a daily basis. How sic is that?
I have been aware for many years now that I can go to my local libraries, and check out movies--not all movies--but I can check out many movies, for free, as well as check out books. My local library now allows us to check out books for free, as many books as we want for about 6 weeks. When I was a kid, we could check out a couple of books for about 2 weeks. Now the number of books we can check out is not only limitless, it's for a much longer amount of time. I don't recommend checking out huge numbers of books at anyone time though, because how on earth are you going to be able to understand any of them, if you have to read them too fast?
Maybe their are still people out there who don't understand that their tax dollars are paying for libraries to have movies, and all you have to do is go to the library and check out the movies for free.
Pretty sic if you are paying tax dollars, and don't know that. The libraries won't have every movie you've ever wanted to watch, but they do have a fairly good selection of movies. Going to the library costs money in gas, and requires a vehicle, your tax dollars are paying for these libraries.
I have "rented" from these public libraries, but you have to have your own player. The libraries will not provide a vhs or cd/dvd player, and if you turn the movies in late, you have to pay fines, just like if you take out a book.
Since our tax dollars are paying for all of this library stuff, I really encourage people to go to their local library, and check stuff out!
Being a member of thriftyfun, and paying taxes, I want all of you who can, to frequent your libraries, and read books, and get library videos to watch. That will make me happy, knowing you can, if you have a vehicle to get you there.
Paying taxes keeps our libraries open. We need to make certain that our libraries don't hide stuff from us.
And we need to be completely aware that no matter how broke we are, our local library is there for us at all times. We can check out books, and movies, and as long as we return them ontime, we can do it for free.
If your local library charges to watch movies, tell everybody. Make it known.
When I was a child, we didn't have vhs, cd, dvd, all of that stuff. Wow, what a world it would have been for all of us if that had happened for us, but we don't spend our time thinking about that, we are happy that our kids have it, and we are learning ourselves, as much as we can!
Do go to your libraries. I truly thought everyone understood this for years, but it bears repeating. All of our tax dollars are paying for these libraries, that means our libraries belong to us. Go to them, take out books, and movies for your viewing. Your tax dollars paid for those library movies, you shouldn't be shy about taking them out. All of the books, and all of the movies in a public library belong to you--they belong to all of us, because we are the United States of America, and we are the ones paying tax dollars.
We own the libraries of the United States of America.
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