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ODS · 07-05-2007 11:21PM

InFront wrote:

Yeah that's true, but there's some clause or other which means that in reality, it doesn't actually happen. I can't remember the details... something like they have a right to each book, but they don't actually physically own a copy.

Beg to differ - afaik Trinity does keep copies of such printed matter; in the past I had to go sourcing a Sunday Tribune article from c1990, which happily they were able to furnish a day or two later. I think storage may be in warehouses out near the Dublin airport - or so Ive heard.

phantom_lord · 07-05-2007 11:43PM

yeah, they they have a big storage facility somewhere in the city for the books they haven't got space for in the library. I'm almost certain they get a copy of every book published in ireland and britain.

07-05-2007 11:50PM

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/index.php

And... http://www.tcd.ie/Library/libraries/collections.php#santry

Rudolph Claus · 08-05-2007 02:41AM

Miss Fluff wrote:

Correctly. Spelt "correctly".......:rolleyes:

If you`re gonna go around and correct every single one of his posts for spelling mistakes, i seriously suggest you change your little sig:
"Sticks and Stones may Break her Bones,
but Whips and Chains EXCITE her"

If your boring enough to corrrect spelling mistakes i doubt you`d be excited by whips and chains. And seen as your fond of rolling eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I reckon the mods of boards.ie should start clamping down on the boardsee spelling police, fair enough for hassling someone over using txt slang, but correcting little spelling mistakes is sad and stinks of political correctness, political correctness being something I absolutely detest in people. Ill start a new thread about this with a poll

mkennedy · 08-05-2007 05:12AM

the op's "everyoen" was obviously a typo not a spelling mistake.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 08-05-2007 06:09AM

Nuttzy wrote:

I reckon the mods of boards.ie should start clamping down on the boardsee spelling police

Yeah and replace all instances of 'rolleyes' with pictures of humorous cats.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-05-2007 08:49AM

Yes, I'll clamp down on those pesky grammar monkeys any second now.

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 08-05-2007 09:00AM

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Yes, I'll clamp down on those pesky grammar monkeys any second now.

You can't refer to them as monkeys, that's racist. :humorouscat:

looksee · 08-05-2007 10:31AM

Nuttzy wrote:

And seen as your fond of rolling eyes :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

And seeing as you're fond of rolling eyes.......

It's still not good English but I wouldn't like to come across as picky

themole · 08-05-2007 10:31AM

gary the great wrote:

I presume video shops work in a different way, as in everytime the video is rented the film company get a loyalty?

From talking to a friend who worked in a video rental place the cost used to be around £50 per video. Fixed cost. Anything after that was the profit. The prive will have changed but it will still be fixed.

As said before they pay a higer cost as it includes the ability to rent the tape/disc.

Catari Jaguar · 08-05-2007 10:39AM

"as you'll notice, I no longer say libary or tommorry."

Report in the paper recently said less and less books are being checked out but the places are more packed than ever because of the interweb.

Libraries loan out CDs too. You just rip them to your computer. Surely that can't be legal??

angeldelight · 08-05-2007 10:50AM

I'm not sure if it has come in here yet but I was flicking through the channels a few weeks ago and came across an interview with Jacqueline Wilson and she was saying that it's just changed in the UK so that the authors get a tiny amount now each time their book is checked out. Quite good for her, as her books are the most checked out books in British libraries by quite some distance!

ruprect · 08-05-2007 10:53AM

ODS wrote:

Beg to differ - afaik Trinity does keep copies of such printed matter; in the past I had to go sourcing a Sunday Tribune article from c1990, which happily they were able to furnish a day or two later. I think storage may be in warehouses out near the Dublin airport - or so Ive heard.

I heard of this too, maybe in the US or something. But are papers and magazines considered "books" or what is the legal definition. I remember hearing it in the US or something that they would have to hang on to ALL publications including playboys or hardcore porn. You got the sunday tribune, could you get the daily sport from 1988?

Surely there is some limit, or is there really some guy in a warehouse full of millions of jazz mags?

ruprect · 08-05-2007 10:57AM

Lil Kitten wrote:

Libraries loan out CDs too. You just rip them to your computer. Surely that can't be legal??

Well it is illegal to photocopy most books too. In the ilac you have to pay a year sub for the cds, this goes towards buying new ones too. Most are scratched beyond belief. I mentioned to them they should get a burner and only hand out copies and reburn once scratched. Not sure if it is legal to hold one burnt copy (thought I heard that somewhere). A library should be allowed IMO.

I bet many go in with a laptop, take out the max discs, rip there and then and get more 30mins later. Spend a day in there and you would get a fair amount, dunno what they would say. Lots of classical music in there.

Unshelved · 08-05-2007 11:03AM

Trinity Library is legally entitled to everything published in Great Britain and Ireland so they take all the books and a selection of the periodicals. Out of all the UK copyright libraries (those libraries entitled to books published in the UK) I think only the British Library takes everything. To the best of my knowledge, the others - Oxford, Cambridge, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales - take a selection because of space and storage restrictions. The cost of processing and storing the material greatly outweighs the cost of the material itself.

Only about 15% of Trinity Library's material is actually on open access where you can see it - everything else is in storage. You can access the Library's catalogue from their webpage - www.tcd.ie/library .

Several Irish libraries are copyright libraries for Ireland - that is they are entitled to a copy of everything published here. They include Trinity again, UCD, the National Library, Queens, NUI Maynooth, UCC and UCG.

Chinafoot · 08-05-2007 10:57PM

ODS wrote:

Ah unfortunately you are incorrect - at least regardong Dublin City Councils' Gilbert library on Pearse St
Its a great spot for free wifi, but I couldnt believe it when my lappy was barred from accessing boards :eek:

Weird. Works in Fingal County Council libraries.

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