Return your library books!!!!

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RETURN YOUR LIBRARY BOOKS !!!

I’ve only had a PC for a few years now and one of the benefits it offered me was the ability to browse and check out books from my local library that I would not normally have been able to read because of cost.

Well sometimes I’d place a hold on a book not readily available only to wait 3-4 months on the hold list waiting for a book THAT HAS BEEN STOLEN! Geez.

I checked out John Mc Donalds book, “Origins Of Angling…” for the purpose of looking at the fly plates only to find that the pages had been torn out from the centerpiece of his book for someones personal use. Geez.

I am currently on hold again… I’m afraid, I’m waiting for bad news. This is the fifth time in a year. Sad.

Fly-fisherman have better scruples than that…don’t they?

End of rant.

BTW: Total Lunar Eclipse tomorrow night (12/20/10) 11:15 pm Denver time. Check it out. You should be able to see it wherever you are in the States. Convert your time zone.

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I realize that this doesn’t address your complaint but I found used copies of the book for around 12 bucks.

http://www.alibris.com

Tim

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hairwing,

Even with the vast amount of readily available information on the Internet, I’m still a regular patron of my local library and a big advocate of using the library system. Here in Ohio there is an 80+ library consortium all linked together in on big online catalog. That doesn’t include the half dozen larger cities that have their own chain of branches. When I look up something in the catalog it shows which of the 80+ libraries has the item. If it’s not in the system I can call my local branch and request an inter-library loan. They will start with the other Ohio library system not in the consortium and then expand outward until the find the item.

I was looking for a John Gierach book several years ago, and no library in their reach had a copy. several weeks after my request, I got a call that it was in. When I went to pick it up it was stamped as “Property of” my local branch. Turns out when they couldn’t borrow thru the inter-library loan system, they went to Amazon and bought it. When I was done with it it went on their self. How cool is that?

Because I use the system on a regular basis, I’m very conscious of returning materiel on time. If I request something that is checked out, it tells me where I stand on the waiting list. I watch this this queue for awhile and if it doesn’t change after several weeks I have the staff at my local branch check on it.

Panman,
Buying books defeats the purpose of using the library in the first place.

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heres some books for as little as $5

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1558215875/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used

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DPL has all the bells and whistles, WorldCat, Prospector and I can request them to purchase a book if they can’t find it. I’ve used Prospector and have gotten titles from from up and down the Front Range. University of Wyoming has a great fly-fishing library!

My “Little House On The Prairie” just doesn’t have the room in it to expand my meager library. There’s absolutely no more room for collecting.

I actually considered buying “Origins of Angling” from a seller here on the BB and after reading it, making a donation to replace the vandalized copy but the library prolly doesn’t accept used books for stock. Just like “Rock Snot” can contaminate our streams, a used book can infect the system with fungus.

Seems this bibliokleptomania is an old and wide spread problem. I just want to make some of them feel the guilt. Sorry to be so vindictive…but:mad:

I suppose some day all books will be digitized and available from the web…until then I guess I’ll be patiently “on hold”.

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ive donated 25-30 used fly fishing/tying books to a couple of local libraries and they were happy to receive them. give yours a try.

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It never hurts to ask. I’m thinking that every time a library book is returned it is now “used” and has been possibly exposed to whatever outside fungus may be lurking. Now I’m curious how they deal with that. Anyway, ask them. They will probably love you for it.

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I’ve checked out many books, especially fly tying/fishing books, that were labeled inside the cover that they were donated “in memory of” different individuals. Some were apparently donated by widows from their late husbands collections. I donate books to my library all the time. I don’t ask, I just drop them off in the overnight drop box. Either paperbacks that Lady_bug reads, or books we get cheap at the Thrift Store that we no longer want.

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When we moved from Olathe to Washington, DC, we donated a goodly portion of our personal library to the Kansas School for the Deaf. The books (mostly hardback) filled the back ends of two pickups provided by teachers, and literally doubled the size of their library at the School. Talk about happy faces!

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Your right, DPL does accept donations. Here’s what they had to say at the website:

"…Donate Books & Materials

What materials does the Denver Public Library accept as donations?
We accept books, CDs and DVDs.

Are there any materials the Library does not accept as donations?
We do not accept textbooks, cassette tapes, videotapes, records, magazines (including National Geographic), Reader?s Digest condensed books, broken or damaged items, items that are missing parts, non-book or media items (e.g. toys, calendars, cards, etc.), and personally recorded audio or video items.

How much can be donated at one time?
Because of space limitations, we cannot accept more than several boxes or bags at the Central Library book return desk or at the branches. For larger donations, please call Community Relations at 720-865-2045 to make arrangements.

What happens to materials donated to the Denver Public Library?
Library staff members evaluate all materials to see if the materials can be added to the collection. Materials not added to the collection may be sold at the Annual Used Book Sale, at ongoing branch book sales or on Amazon.com. The Library disposes of any unacceptable materials…"

My comment about fungus was based on personal experience. Sorry for the misleading comment. Years back I was doing some work at their distribution center and watched as two 40 yard roll-off dumpsters were being filled to the brim with books for land fill disposal. I asked about the reason and was told the books were contaminated with fungus. I thought, “What a waste”.

I will look for the opportunity to replace the book, but will talk to my librarian first.

Thanx for the push to investigate!

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Lunar Eclipse for 12/20/10) 11:15 pm Denver time!

Lets see I am in Minnesota, and Denver is on Mountain Time, and Minnesota is on Central Time, so when it is 11:15 PM (23:15) it would be 01:15 AM (12/21/10). I am normally up at that time, but I doubt if I would witness the Lunar Eclipse as we have another Winter Storm coming into Minnesota about that time to drop another 6 to 9 inches of snow!

Every year the moon orbit increases at a rate of 1 inch per year. If it was not for the moon being in such close orbit to the earth, we would not exist as the earth would not have a stable rotation. In otherwise the the moon acts as a balance mechanism stabilizing the earths daily rotations. Otherwise the earth would roll as it orbits the sun, the earth would not have seasons anymore, all life earth would be hard pressed to adapt to survive. As the years pass, the moon will continue to increase its distance from earth, effecting its rotation/rate around the earth, and we will no longer have solar eclipses. The moon is also acting as a “brake” on the earth’s daily rotation, with the high and low tides, slamming into the continents!

Then there is December 23rd 2012 coming up and it maybe the end of time for all of us!

I was a topographic/construction/artillery surveyor in the U.S. Army and I use the stars (and my wrist watch is always set to Greenwich Time) to determine position on the earth’s surface using spherical trig, ephemeris tables, spheroid tables, and 12 place logarithms for the calculations… to determine the latitude and longitude )of the tack that was pounded into the the wooden stake that my theodolite/tripod is placed over) to plus/minus 2 mm error (true azimuth “direction” plus/minus 1 second of angle error for True North.)

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Parnelli,

If you look for it at 0115 Central Time, you will be an hour late. Mountain time is GMT-7. Central Time is GMT-6. If you add an hour to 2315, you get 2415, which we know is not possible so the 24 becomes 00. You want to be looking for the eclipse at 0015 hrs Central Time or 0615 GMT.

20 years of amateur radio, N0OAS, has the US Time Zones and their relationship to GMT pretty well locked in. :slight_smile: I also did a 10 yr stint with Army MARS.

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Would you like to swing on a star
carry moonbeams home in a jar
and be better off than you are
or would you rather be a …

Bing Crosby was one of us. It’s early and I hope I can make it to the eclipse, but here’s a pic at 6:00 pm Denver time.:smiley:

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It’s officially winter…

Fly Tying season is open!

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WHAT??? I’ve been tying out of season since March??? Oh wait! There’s no closed fishing season in Ohio, so that means there’s either no Tying season or there’s no closed tying season. I’ll opt for the no closed tying season since I tie year round.

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no “tying season” for me. i tie all year long

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“
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
A time to tie flies and throw your old boots away.
”