books under glass
Aug. 22nd, 2013 03:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
the_siobhanSo here's a situation I haven't run into before.
Among the books I have been trying to work my way through, I have some that are a part of a series. The whole point of me doing this is to whittle down the books we have here, so rather than buying the ones that are missing I looked to the library.
And the library has them. But they are "reference only". I can't check them out and read them at home.
The hell? I have never run into this before with books that are fiction. Is this a new thing? Why would fiction be reference only if it's not something like the first edition of Dracula?
(Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly and Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley in case you were wondering.)
[ETA] BTW, when I say "The Library" I mean the entire Toronto Library network - I don't just mean one building. I think that's a local colloquialism, not just me who using that nomenclature.
Among the books I have been trying to work my way through, I have some that are a part of a series. The whole point of me doing this is to whittle down the books we have here, so rather than buying the ones that are missing I looked to the library.
And the library has them. But they are "reference only". I can't check them out and read them at home.
The hell? I have never run into this before with books that are fiction. Is this a new thing? Why would fiction be reference only if it's not something like the first edition of Dracula?
(Dog Wizard by Barbara Hambly and Child of the Northern Spring by Persia Woolley in case you were wondering.)
[ETA] BTW, when I say "The Library" I mean the entire Toronto Library network - I don't just mean one building. I think that's a local colloquialism, not just me who using that nomenclature.
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Date: 2013-08-24 07:09 pm (UTC)I believe we have some Barbara Hambly in the David C. Ross Paperback Collection. Lemme check.
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Date: 2013-08-24 07:29 pm (UTC)Yeah, we have Dog Wizard and eleven other Hamblys in 'the library'. I'll ask Dave if he's willing to loan. Lemme know if you still need it!
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Date: 2013-08-25 10:11 pm (UTC)Yep, fine with him as long as it eventually comes home for the next person who needs it. He mentioned he had a hard time finding it even long ago.