The new Halifax Central Library has a funding of $57.6 MILLION and yet now they’re posting ads ASKING FOR DONATIONS so that they can BUY BOOKS? FOR THEIR NEW LIBRARY? Like, what the fuck—did they spend 57.6 MILLION DOLLARS building a giant new library and then realize, “OH FUCK, we forgot that we need books.” Like, what the hell is that? WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? —YOU CAN’T READ A BUILDING DUMBASSES
This article appears in Aug 14-20, 2014.
Maybe it will be like that bookless library in Clayton Park? I never go into a library anymore as the onhand selection is spartan, its best to search and hold online and then pick up at whatever branch is closest.
I hear the new one will have coffee and cakes, though, can’t get that anywhere downtown.
This one made me laugh. Short answer: The 57.6 mil was probably to be used for renovations or some other specific thing like can only be used for “construction purposes”. Where the book budget comes out of another pot of money all together and no one gives enough of a fuck to change how that works.
They’re just hitting up the excited library users while the iron is hot. Books are expensive at that scale!
But there will be plenty of iPads to go around…. http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/about…
they have to get all those nice p.c. books now, you can’t have the kids reading tom sawyer, or huck flynn, can we.they have to be fed self righteous bullshit from the gubment.
This post made me LOL at work today, good job OB
Fundraising was always part of the funding plan.
The collection will be larger at Central, therefore more items will need to be purchased.
Aren’t there enough books? Aren’t we throwing out books nowadays?
I read a book.
Actually, how much does a book even cost these days?
actually, i used kindle and have now about 5,000 ebooks on my external harddrive.
perry rhodanseries, issac asimov,christie,mack bolan, and tons of others.
eh. There’s nothing like reading an actual physical book. And there’s nothing like having a shelf full of books you can go to when the power’s out and all your electronic stuff’s batteries are dead.
honestly why does a library need books? Just fill it with technology lots of charging stations and make it a true information gathering studying hotspot
I can come up with one answer to that Brandon: Some e-resource vendors require a rather expensive site license for their material that isn’t sold to a private individual. Paper tended to evade that difference in use.
As an extreme example with rough numbers: Harvard Business Review can be had relatively cheaply (say $150) that includes paper and a single user electronic access. However, if you try and negotiate a site license (getting caught without one has nasty fines), you are looking way past the $5000.00 mark.
So it could be a simple collections budget issue to not turning completely electronic.
Fucking IPads? Sorry, not a question…. FUCKING IPADS. >:-[
They could have gotten nearly twice as many android tabs for the same damn price.
“They could have gotten nearly twice as many android tabs for the same damn price.”
Yup, inferior technology is always a bargain. How many Dollar Store items can you get for the price of one high quality item?
Hai liberry, I got some readin’ materials for ya if you wipe the 78 doll hairs of late fees off my account.