Book Hoarding Bastards:

[mightyjesse]

Yesterday was a day of great excitement and EPIC FAIL. Let me tell you why.

EXCITEMENT!
UW Madison has a special library collection (Ruth Ketterer Harris collection) dedicated to textiles! I can see what is in it over the intarwebs!

EPIC FAIL.
It is a non circulating collection.

EXCITEMENT!
The collection is located in the building directly across the street from me!


EPIC FAIL.
The NON CIRCULATING COLLECTION IS CLOSED FOR THE SUMMER.

If you have all your books in a room that they are not allowed to leave, that is inconvenient, but doable and, to a certain extent, understandable. If you have all your books in a LOCKED ROOM that NO ONE IS ALLOWED INTO... That is not a library. That is information hoarding AND openly taunting me. I will hate you for it while I tap my foot and wait for fall... AND eithni clued me into another issue...


EPIC FAIL.
There is no copy machine in the book area and the librarian can't figure out why people might be upset by this...

I am glad that I own a portable scanner. Guess what I'll be doing on my lunch break all winter???

Comments

[arebekah.livejournal.com]

I have often had exactly these thoughts about this collection.

Wow, followed by frustration and sadness.

Their hours in the winter are weird, so make sure they are actually open before you set yourself up for a scanning session.