Do you have a library card?

c_man

I'm a pretty regular reader but I've never been a member of a library. Got talking at work earlier and it seems most people are the same. In fact the only time I think I was in (a non-college) one was back cramming for Junior Cert!

More generally, are ye lot regular readers? I'm curious as to how people can't be

To the members, am I missing out on stuff? Good reads? Events? Picking up well read hot chicks?

AnonoBoy

I used to have a library card which I used regularly when I was young.

I haven't been a member of one since my early twenties though.

I still read (not as much as I'd like) but I buy me my bukes these days.

corner of hells

Non, but I got some Christmas cards this morning.

eviltwin

I have one, I would go to the library at least once a week, sometimes more.

Balmed Out

One of the few services I'm overall happy with in Ireland though don't get me started on opening hours around bank holidays...
Taking days off seems to be an art form.

mikom

The missus wanted a Kindle for Christmas.
I was like.... "what the fuck is a kindle, describe it to me".

"Well, it's small", she said, "rectangular, portable, and it will give me access to all the latest books, you dumbass?"

Guess who this dumbass is getting a library card for Christmas?

Mr_Muffin

I had one. I borrowed books a few years back and returned them like you're supposed to. I went to borrow a few more and they told me i never returned the previous ones.


I lost it and attacked the librarian and her assistant.

WinnyThePoo

I have one. I took out naked lunch by Will S Burroughs. Read the first 40 pages or so. Disgraceful stuff. Never gave it back to the library(kinda forgot about it). So can't use the library anymore.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

Last time I was in a library was when I was in college about 8 years ago

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I borrow 5 books each fortnight. It is a great service. Library for the one read thrillers or detective novels and then I buy the science/history/reference books I want to hold in my own home library.

Shenshen

I haven't at the moment.

I used to always have one, all my life, until moving to Co Cork some 7 years ago. There is nothing I could call a decent library anywhere near me now, so these days I buy my books of amazon, or swap them with friends.

It still feels weird, though, as libraries had previously always been a massive part of my life.

Peregrine

Yup, I've been borrowing books from council libraries since I was 10. I use the college library now for convenience though.

Dunny

Yep, got one since I got back doing the LC.

Peregrine

Tubaiste wrote: »

I don't mind libraries apart from the librarians, how come they're all so moody?

All the ones I see are lovely. Really helpful and they don't charge me reserve fees

BabysCoffee

Yup I have a card and regularly use it

I love borrowing boxsets from my library - free to borrow and I can keep them for 3 weeks

They also do free eBooks and free eZines.

They also just added a new service where you can download newspapers from all over the world. I download the Sunday newspapers for free to my tablet!!! Incredible!

byrneg28

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

I had one. I borrowed books a few years back and returned them like you're supposed to. I went to borrow a few more and they told me i never returned the previous ones.


I lost it and attacked the librarian and her assistant.

Ah you cant be doing that

Karl Stein

There's nothing you can get from a book you can't get from a television faster.

byrneg28

Karl Stein wrote: »

There's nothing you can get from a book you can't get from a television faster.

http://www.educ.ualberta.ca/staff/olenka.Bilash/best%20of%20bilash/Images/dalescone2.gif

And you'd be right

But Television does hinder imagination and creativity

whatawaster

Karl Stein wrote: »

There's nothing you can get from a book you can't get from a television faster.

papercuts?

Karl Stein

Harry Wormwood: A book? What do you want a book for?
Matilda: To read.
Harry Wormwood: To read? Why would you want to read when you got the television set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

Roald Dahl.

byrneg28

Karl Stein wrote: »

Harry Wormwood: A book? What do you want a book for?
Matilda: To read.
Harry Wormwood: To read? Why would you want to read when you got the television set sitting right in front of you? There's nothing you can get from a book that you can't get from a television faster.

Roald Dahl.

Brilliant. Love the irony.

Banjo String

Mine was revoked.

Walked in to local library,
Me, "howiya, can I have a fillet burger and a bag of chips please.
Woman behind desk, " this is a library sir:rolleyes:"
Me "oh sorry luv ssssshhhh can I have a fillet burger and a bag of chips please

endacl

Karl Stein wrote: »

There's nothing you can get from a book you can't get from a television faster.

A paper cut?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

whatawaster wrote: »

papercuts?

. 13:31

endacl wrote: »

A paper cut?

. 13.41

Perhaps you need to do more reading alright!

byrneg28

Banjo String wrote: »

Mine was revoked.

Walked in to local library,
Me, "howiya, can I have a fillet burger and a bag of chips please.
Woman behind desk, " this is a library sir:rolleyes:"
Me "oh sorry luv ssssshhhh can I have a fillet burger and a bag of chips please

Father Dougal: Ahh, lets see, I'll have a bag of chips and a bottle of Fanta.
Policeman: I don't think you know where you are! This is a police station.
Father Dougal: Oh right. Well, in that case, I'll just have the Chicken Satay and a Pilau Rice

Badly Drunk Boy

WinnyThePoo wrote: »

I have one. I took out naked lunch by Will S Burroughs. Read the first 40 pages or so. Disgraceful stuff. Never gave it back to the library(kinda forgot about it). So can't use the library anymore.

Yeah, the copy I had didn't even have any pictures!


(I hate when my meals have loads of dressing).

Rosie Rant

Yeah I do, I go as often as I can. I've gotten quite a few books, DVDs and CDs out. I got my sister's kids signed up for their cards as well. The library is a great resource that everyone should take advantage of.

Tiddlypeeps

I loved the library when I was younger. I would regularly check out new books and they had a pretty decent metal section in the CD collection so I used to take a few of those home at a time and rip them to my PC. This was before I had internet and learned how to just torrent them. It was a great place to go for studying for the LC and JC too, anytime I tried studying from home I'd just be asked to do other random crap around the house. I'd also use it if I needed to research stuff for school projects and I needed to use encyclopaedias that weren't a hundred years outdated. It's probably been a good 10 years since I've set foot in one tho.

Sadly I think it won't be long before they go the way of HMV and Xtravision. Print will more and more become something used by the elderly and the nostalgic.

OneArt

I'm terrified of joining the library in Germany. My housemate returned her book a day late and within a week the city council (not the library, the CITY COUNCIL) sent her a cross letter demanding that she pay 30 euro. They probably behead you if you lose your card.

No way am I messing with those librarians.

I don't like public libraries anyway. They always smell funny. The one in Drogheda is awful, the librarians just cower in the corner and weep when someone makes a noise.

byrneg28

I dropped kicked someone in the library before

yeppydeppy

yep, I get books on CD to listen to in the car for my commute to and from work - beats listening to the radio.

DarkyHughes

Yep, there great things to have & much easier to obtain than medical cards.

Micky Dolenz

I robbed a library once.

They threw the book at me.

byrneg28

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I robbed a library once.

They threw the book at me.

good jesus

Ihatecuddles

We go every 2 weeks. My 4 year old loves it. He does jigsaws there and picks out a load of books, then we read one every night.

Any books we buy him, we donate after a few months. I love our nights at the library, we spend hours there browsing and doing jigsaws.

SEPT 23 1989

No I prefer to own new books not rent old ones covered in other peoples filthy germs

Agricola

BDJW wrote: »

Last time I was in a library was when I was in college about 8 years ago

Said every student ever!

azzeretti

Tiddlypeeps wrote: »

Sadly I think it won't be long before they go the way of HMV and Xtravision. Print will more and more become something used by the elderly and the nostalgic.

Very unlikly! Didn't Dun Laoighaire library just spend €36,000,000 (million!) builing a new one? Libraries are unreal nowadays; it's not just books. Lots have free access to internet, games consoles, wifi, multimedia rooms (mac books etc), localhistory, printing, scanning, photocopying, newspapers, audiobooks....... There is very little chance the library will go the way of HMV!

Lyaiera

I'm a member of my old university's library. For €60 a year I have access to all their online academic journals, their academic books and paper journals, the subject librarians and a place to sit and read. It's one of the best €60 I've spent in the past year.

I also love librarians (and people who work in Waterstones.) I even have a favourite academic who researches libraries. And I've had some awesome chats in the pub with librarians.

Tiddlypeeps

azzeretti wrote: »

Very unlikly! Didn't Dun Laoighaire library just spend €36,000,000 (million!) builing a new one? Libraries are unreal nowadays; it's not just books. Lots have free access to internet, games consoles, wifi, multimedia rooms (mac books etc), localhistory, printing, scanning, photocopying, newspapers, audiobooks....... There is very little chance the library will go the way of HMV!

That sounds pretty cool, if they are actually updating the services they provide to keep up with the times then I retract my statement.

ordinary_girl

Yep, and I'm a regular reader too. I kind of quit buying books when I realised that everytime I move I have to leave most of them behind, this way I get to read all the books I want without have to worry about clutter However, I do have about 5 books that I always bring with me.

Paramite Pie

I'm 27 and I only recently joined a library. So much cheaper than going to a Cafe to use their Wifi for a few hours (i'm an impulse snacker). Easy to get a plug too.

I'm not a big reader but working on it. It's nice to get away from incessant technology.

Flem31

Joined the local library this time last year and it was a great decision.
Can look up the catalogue online and can get books\dvd's etc transferred from another library in my county to my local library for pick up.

It has saved me loads as have largely stopped buying books that are read once and left gathering dust.

Fox_In_Socks

Yep, being going to libraries since I was a teen (30 now). Doesn't seem to be popular outside of 50 plus and below 18.

Irish Guitarist

I tried to join the library here when I was a teenager about 26 years ago. When I gave my name the librarian looked up my surname and starting reading a list of names and asked if I was related to them. About three of my sisters had taken books out and kept them. I was told to either bring back the books or pay the library what the books were worth. I had no idea what my sisters had done with the books so that was the last time I've been in the library.

dmc17

Mr_Muffin wrote: »

I had one. I borrowed books a few years back and returned them like you're supposed to. I went to borrow a few more and they told me i never returned the previous ones.


I lost it and attacked the librarian and her assistant.

Too right. Nothing worse than losing your library card.....

Gael23

I do but I can't remember when I last used it. Wasn't in this decade anyway