Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Hi there,
There is an issue with role permissions that is being worked on at the moment.
If you are having trouble with access or permissions on regional forums please post here to get access: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058365403/you-do-not-have-permission-for-that#latest

Library books with physical date due stamps on them

  • 17-01-2013 12:20am
    #1
    telecinesk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 617 ✭✭✭


    Dunno if this is retro,but I came across this book with date stamps going back to 1979!
    Seems last person borrowing it has library dues going back to 1989!
    See attached pic.


Comments

  • #2
    gipi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,236 ✭✭✭gipi


    Yep, I remember sitting down with a jar of paste and a brush sticking new labels onto books back in the good old days!

    The date label was a great visual record of how popular a book was - there were books that hadn't been borrowed in years, books that were borrowed once or twice a year and others that needed new labels every couple of weeks!


  • #3
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,400 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    gipi wrote: »
    Yep, I remember sitting down with a jar of paste and a brush sticking new labels onto books back in the good old days!

    The date label was a great visual record of how popular a book was -     there were books that hadn't been borrowed in years, books that were borrowed once or twice a year and others that needed new labels every couple of weeks!
    Yup, quite often when I didn't really know what I was looking for in the library, I picked a book simply because it appeared to have been rented almost every two weeks. I'd know nothing about the author or the book itself
    :)


Advertisement