I’ve got to ask you, fridge library?
Does the word fridge have the same meaning in NZ as in the USA?
Do you actually refrigerate books, that would be cool
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Does the word fridge have the same meaning in NZ as in the USA?
Do you actually refrigerate books, that would be cool
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No they are old fridges painted up, put outside with books in them.I’ve got to ask you, fridge library?
Does the word fridge have the same meaning in NZ as in the USA?
Do you actually refrigerate books, that would be cool
haha
The only problem is when people actually mistake these for working fridges and put food inside. I think one time I found a bottle of bbq sauce.
I believe that most of our schools have done away with libraries and do the digital thing. In a way, I am surprised we still have libraries. I've not been in one since I was a kid.
I was in graduate school, when they made the transition from books to PDF. It took a little getting used to it, but I am over it by now.
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Hello Ray;
I hear more and more of electronic books, kindle and online research takes away the need for libraries for most students and researchers. When my nieces were in high school they laughed at me when I asked why they didn't go to the library? Both of them graduated from college and never stepped in a library, not that I remember.
I'm still old school and to me it's good to get out and go to the library to study or research. One of my former professors encouraged the class to get away and go to the library at least once a week.
I still have my library card. lol!
Lanolin shared about books and the library. Here is a short video of Jerry Seinfeld and books.
I hate pdfs
you have to have the right printer and ink is so expensive. so meh
It's just as bad as photocopying out of books.
But I have no use for stats really, so its just the same as people saying they have no use for libraries.
Stats get out of date soon figures really mean nothing to me after a while. I'm over them. Its just tends to be boring people who don't have any imagination that don't use libraries.
Libraries for me are like playgrounds, or gardens they are not places to do boring research. I think depends if you love reading or not. A lot of people can't read or don't bother and they don't know how to relax with a good book.
They also don't know about information retrieval is something that librarians work with and embrace. When internet gets taken over by corporates as it already has...libraries are places of solace. Its great because the books that are NOW being published are even better than before and all the rubbish that used to get published in print thats never read doesn't. Goodbye yellow pages. Only good for pressing flowers in now. lol
you have to have the right printer and ink is so expensive. so meh
It's just as bad as photocopying out of books.
But I have no use for stats really, so its just the same as people saying they have no use for libraries.
Stats get out of date soon figures really mean nothing to me after a while. I'm over them. Its just tends to be boring people who don't have any imagination that don't use libraries.
Libraries for me are like playgrounds, or gardens they are not places to do boring research. I think depends if you love reading or not. A lot of people can't read or don't bother and they don't know how to relax with a good book.
They also don't know about information retrieval is something that librarians work with and embrace. When internet gets taken over by corporates as it already has...libraries are places of solace. Its great because the books that are NOW being published are even better than before and all the rubbish that used to get published in print thats never read doesn't. Goodbye yellow pages. Only good for pressing flowers in now. lol
I love, love to read and do research.
When I was a SS teacher I would have them stacked on the table and on the floor around my table.
I do find it is easier on my hands which, have arthitis, to use the kindle app to read for pleasure.
I also like the information highway that makes it available to research and compare any book with the topic I'm searching for in short order.
It is truly sad in this day and age that ppl still cannot read and write. Without this ability you can only take the Word from the one stating it. This makes it easy for false doctrine to be believed.
When I was a SS teacher I would have them stacked on the table and on the floor around my table.
I do find it is easier on my hands which, have arthitis, to use the kindle app to read for pleasure.
I also like the information highway that makes it available to research and compare any book with the topic I'm searching for in short order.
It is truly sad in this day and age that ppl still cannot read and write. Without this ability you can only take the Word from the one stating it. This makes it easy for false doctrine to be believed.
Totally agree. It is such a thrill to go to some building that smells like dust and sit in some little wood desk and get looked at funny if your phone rings.
Statistics are fascinating and enjoyable both personally and professionally. I use stats on a daily basis. It is how I measure productivity and even tell the future.
As for libraries, I have one on my cell, laptop. and desktop. Mine has every book ever written, in all possible languages, and I have yet to find a time when the book I wanted was not available. Mine is open 24/7 and there is never a late fee.
university libraries are actually quiet places where students can study and research away from noisy hostels. But I suppose if you are priveliged to have your own room you may not need to study in the library.
The general public can access, but they cannot borrow, so am no sure if upon graduation you'd want to go back to the uni library and use it lol.
Academics can now access electronic journals, which is much easier on serials staff because they are after a specfic article. But they do cost a lot, so the library/uni pays for it so that students and alumni can have free access. Paying for all that literature just for one reader is not cost effective.
The general public can access, but they cannot borrow, so am no sure if upon graduation you'd want to go back to the uni library and use it lol.
Academics can now access electronic journals, which is much easier on serials staff because they are after a specfic article. But they do cost a lot, so the library/uni pays for it so that students and alumni can have free access. Paying for all that literature just for one reader is not cost effective.
Public libraries don't have late fees, and my school library doesnt. There are big difference between uni and public libraries but I suppose if you are a snob you've never been to a public library.
I got A+ in stats but it was so boring. They don't tell the future, I've learned they just give the illusion of trends, but actually real life is unpredictable and there are so many variables that you can't totally rely on statistics to give you an accurate picture. Plus who spends their life counting stuff. only computer geeks. It's how you interpret the numbers.
I got A+ in stats but it was so boring. They don't tell the future, I've learned they just give the illusion of trends, but actually real life is unpredictable and there are so many variables that you can't totally rely on statistics to give you an accurate picture. Plus who spends their life counting stuff. only computer geeks. It's how you interpret the numbers.
I think a sub for e-books is quite expensive. But libraries are the ones providing it for free to all members. Because WE (libraries) pay for it.
If you worked in archives, they don't just have books. They have material that non-librarians don't even know about. We call them monographs and they are often manuscripts, maps and other items of ephemera. Not every single item is scanned in to digital though there is a huge thing that LIBRARIANS do to catalogue them and make them available.
Some people don't even know the huge work librarians do to make information available online and just think it's all books in buildings. Well no.
Theres toy libraries too, and audio books, for blind and low vision to have access.
At the moment I am raising funds for this. Its not just rich kids with computers that can have audio.
Room to Read is also a good organization to look into. Developing countries absolutely need libraries. They don't need computers as much as they need actual books, reading material that they can touch and that isn't an advert for microsoft or whatever computer outfit thats trying to brand everyone as consumers for tech that quickly becomes obsolete.
If you worked in archives, they don't just have books. They have material that non-librarians don't even know about. We call them monographs and they are often manuscripts, maps and other items of ephemera. Not every single item is scanned in to digital though there is a huge thing that LIBRARIANS do to catalogue them and make them available.
Some people don't even know the huge work librarians do to make information available online and just think it's all books in buildings. Well no.
Theres toy libraries too, and audio books, for blind and low vision to have access.
At the moment I am raising funds for this. Its not just rich kids with computers that can have audio.
Room to Read is also a good organization to look into. Developing countries absolutely need libraries. They don't need computers as much as they need actual books, reading material that they can touch and that isn't an advert for microsoft or whatever computer outfit thats trying to brand everyone as consumers for tech that quickly becomes obsolete.
hmmmm..Lanolin, I never knew some or most public libraries and school libraries don't have late fees. I thought this was standard with all libraries to recoup some of the cost of overdo, stolen or lost books. Check out the overdue library book.
When I was in high school and a freshman/sophomore in college I always thought of myself as a lowly C+ or B- student that struggled with studying. The library gave me a sense of peace and quiet to concentrate. It definitely helped.
Predictive analytics do a great job of predicting the future. At the start of the year (August 2021), I predicted we would end up with 278 investigations this year. With 19 days left in the fiscal year, we are at 270. That's close enough.
Hello Ray;
I've known others who have done analysis investigation and I figure predictions based on research is part of it. What you do is not what everyone can do in their profession which also requires a focus and zeal for the job.
In the church I confess I don't have a natural ability for analysis or targeting demographics with a 5 year or yearly goal. Others I know in ministry have this skill.
In the field of investigations, intelligence (analytics) is very important, as we learn a great deal of the future by looking at the past. People are creature of habit, so we do learn quite a bit from history.
Ray
Librarians do qualitative analysis not just analytics in their research into the past. We also survey people using research methods so it's not just looking into the past but people's hopes and dreams for the future.
eg I have a suggestion box (although I renamed it the library wishing box) for children to write what they'd like to see in the library.
I know some put 'mac book pro' lol I guess they regard it as a BOOK. It's not mac computer pro.
Also we use chromeBOOKs.
Some people have strange ideas about libraries esp if they don't bother setting foot in them. But those in the know - well it's our secret. We don't really want EVERYONE in there lol.
eg I have a suggestion box (although I renamed it the library wishing box) for children to write what they'd like to see in the library.
I know some put 'mac book pro' lol I guess they regard it as a BOOK. It's not mac computer pro.
Also we use chromeBOOKs.
Some people have strange ideas about libraries esp if they don't bother setting foot in them. But those in the know - well it's our secret. We don't really want EVERYONE in there lol.
A friend donated to my fundraiser, she gave me cash, but the charity only takes online transactions so I put it on my card, and my email since she doesn't have email, and I got back a receipt, but I don't know if I should print it out (don't have a printer at home) and give this for her, I suppose if she wants to do the write off thing?
But it would only be a small amount it's not like she donated a million dollars.
But it would only be a small amount it's not like she donated a million dollars.
Blind people are now getting the benefit of technology as it becomes cheaper and more widespread of audio books but they still need specialists and people reading to them. As well as books printed in Braille.
I was reading about Louis Braille who invented the Braille alphabet. Before he invented it blind people had to rely on sound, and people reading to them, but they really wanted books to read for themselves.
So Louis invented this alphabet you can read by touch. And the blind people loved it. But it was hard to get traction cos the naysayers didn't care as THEY could see and didn't see a use for it.
One of my librarian colleagues at library school worked in the special formats library for Royal foundation for the Blind and they have lots of books which you can read by touch. For the pictures, they put special fabrics in the books to make them tactile.
I was reading about Louis Braille who invented the Braille alphabet. Before he invented it blind people had to rely on sound, and people reading to them, but they really wanted books to read for themselves.
So Louis invented this alphabet you can read by touch. And the blind people loved it. But it was hard to get traction cos the naysayers didn't care as THEY could see and didn't see a use for it.
One of my librarian colleagues at library school worked in the special formats library for Royal foundation for the Blind and they have lots of books which you can read by touch. For the pictures, they put special fabrics in the books to make them tactile.
I passed my goal for Blind and Low Vision fundraiser! Hooray
What happened was one day they txtd me and said a generous sponsor was matching all donations made on that day only up to $10,000 so I made a donation and they matched it.
I don't know who this generous sponsor is, must be a corporate outfit thats got plenty of money?? Or a rich philanthropist?
Imagine having so much money that you HAD to give it away!
What happened was one day they txtd me and said a generous sponsor was matching all donations made on that day only up to $10,000 so I made a donation and they matched it.
I don't know who this generous sponsor is, must be a corporate outfit thats got plenty of money?? Or a rich philanthropist?
Imagine having so much money that you HAD to give it away!