[wplug-plan] ORA and Lending Library

[Beth Lynn]

Hi,

Don't get me wrong, I thought wplug members would
insist on having the books in a close proximity
to where wplug holds meetings. Of course these books
can be borrowed by people at other Carnegie branches
or other libraries that participate in interlibrary
loan with the Carnegie system. I am open to the idea
of donating the books to different branches of 
Carnegie library system (or other libraries that
co-operate well with Carnegie) for greater diversity
around the Western PA area.

To have the best diversity, we could consider giving
a book(s) to libraries outside the Carnegie sytem. We
will have to be carefull that a library we give
a book(s) to doesn't hoard the book for only the
members of it's community. Northland library has a
history of not playing well with others, however 
times may have changed.

Here is a list of libraries all around allegheny
county.
http://www.carnegielibrary.org/subject/libraries/pgh.html

As an information scientist, I am convinced that
freedom of information and free source go
hand-in-hand.
Work has already begun on a world-wide internet
library http://www.ulib.org/

Andrew Carnegie would be proud.
http://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/carnegie.html

I have borrowed books from various libraries that say
inside the front cover, courtesy of so and so. A small
plug shouldn't be a problem.

We are left with one important problem...
Do we have books to donate?

Thanks,
Beth Lynn

--- David Ostroske <eksortso at linuxmail.org> wrote:
> Yeah, that is a great idea!
> 
> If we had some Avery labels, we could make up a
> bunch of "Donated by WPLUG" or "Courtesy of _____"
> stickers, each with a color logo and the web
> address. Then we could stick them on the inside
> covers of the books (assuming they'll take them like
> that).
> 
> (Will they take them like that?)
> 
> Four corners of Western PA. I like that. The earth
> doesn't have corners, but Western PA has at least
> two! (:
> 
> --- Dave Ostroske
>     eksortso at linuxmail.org
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Landefeld, Alex" <alandefeld at kl.com>
> Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 10:51:54 -0500
> To: "'wplug-plan at wplug.org'" <wplug-plan at wplug.org>
> Subject: RE: [wplug-plan] ORA and Lending Library
> 
> 
> > Whoa!   Now that's a capital idea!  Inadvertantly
> (of course) advertise
> > wplug with a "plug" on the inside cover, while
> continuing the tradition
> > started by that little Scotsman!    :)  Linux,
> after all, is about free
> > access to information (the kernel, that is...).
> > 
> > Actually, why limit it to the main branch?  We
> want penguin fans from the
> > four corners of the ear...er...western pa!   :)
> > 
> > ..alex.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beth Lynn [mailto:bluekanary at yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 5:22 PM
> > To: wplug-plan at wplug.org
> > Subject: RE: [wplug-plan] ORA and Lending Library
> > 
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > forgive me I'm a little behind on my emails...
> > 
> > Here's an idea that may satisfy all angles
> > of this issue...
> > 
> > Donate some linux books to Carnegie Library with
> > the request that they be held at the main branch.
> > 
> [...]
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