Did you know that college libraries actually have books...that you can check out? (beer's worthless story of the day)

[beer]

Yea so I didn't either. I've started reading some Kant for fun and checked out a book today.....and the last day stamped on it is 'July 24 1990.' Which means no one has checked out this book since I was about 6 years old. I found that amusing.

 

[hdeck]

who needs books. the ugl checks out DVDs!!!:beer:

*since the other is gonna get locked*

 

[beer]

Like.....decent DVDS, or crappy ones? I didn't know that.

 

[hdeck]

I did not know that. Interesting. But this one I closed so post in the other one

yep, 3rd floor. they have quite a nice selection as well. only downside is they only have 1 copy of each in most cases. but if you have patience, it's cheaper than renting (cause it's free)

*edit* go to the library website from the main ut site. enter in a dvd title in the search. if it isn't obscure (and didn't come out yesterday) they probably have it.

 

[Kelvrick]

Got you beat, by a book from 1963. Never checked out.

 

[beer]

which book?

 

[ElFenix]

they didn't check out dvds when i was there.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
they didn't check out dvds when i was there.

sucker.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: ElFenix
they didn't check out dvds when i was there.

sucker.

i like looking for the oldest books i can find

 

[notfred]

I've been in college for almost 5 years now and I think I've been to the library like 3 times.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Let me guess, notfred, you're majoring in something techincal, right?

 

[SarcasticDwarf]

College libraries are a great source for ancient books. Public libraries generally remove anything over 10 years old that isn't a "classic." My college library consists of about 85% books that were published before 1975.

 

[hdeck]

Originally posted by: notfred
I've been in college for almost 5 years now and I think I've been to the library like 3 times.

i have a class in a room in the library so i'm there twice a week.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: hdeck

Originally posted by: notfred
I've been in college for almost 5 years now and I think I've been to the library like 3 times.

i have a class in a room in the library so i'm there twice a week.

used to go there to play starcraft with 7 other people

 

[sparkyclarky]

They stamp your books? You guys are a bit out of date there. Everything is electronic here. They even automatically send out overdue notices to your e-mail account, and you can renew books online. We have a ton of libraries though - around 30ish, with quite a few very large ones (3 million books in the library I study at). http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/

 

[beer]

According to:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/admin/cird/overview2003.html

Thee are almost 8.3 million books. I would assume that most of the less popular books haven't even been given barcodes - the one I got today wasn't. It just had a number (printed in the cover) that I was assuming was OCRed by the reader.

EDIT:

I don't think we're behind the technology curve:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=562&e=13&u=/ap/wi_fihot_spots

Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind., is the nation's most unwired campus. It's followed by Purdue University, the University of Texas at Austin, Case Western Reserve University and Dartmouth College.

The region was followed by Orange County, Calif., Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas. Last year's "most unwired" area, Portland, Ore., was bumped to No. 5 on the list compiled for the semiconductor giant by "Best Places" author Bert Sperling