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Originally Posted by JeremyR
The trouble is, at least where I live, libraries have long ago stopped focusing on books, but renting movies, providing internet access (providing computers, not just a hotspot), renting video games and whatnot.
Why should a publicly funded place directly compete with video rental stores/services? Or internet cafes?
Every DVD bought could have been a book. Every video game 4-5 books. But when when you look at the book stacks, it's empty and bereft of classics. More titles from William Shatner in the SF section than Isaac Asimov or Arthur C. Clarke. Never mind past authors who have faded into obscurity, but who are well worth reading.
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Karma to you for that!!!
Same here.....its a media center, not a library. We have vending machines with food and soda, tons of computers, 'meeting rooms' for teenagers, and the shelves are sadly lacking in books.
In the center, are stacks of the newest books by currently popular authors. Go figure.
But wait! Theres more!!!
They refuse to shelve fiction by genre. Only by author.
"Because its too hard for our volunteers to know where a book goes"
Does anyone else remember finding wonderful new authors by browsing the 'mystery' or 'science fiction' or whatever section for hours?