Library services Reviews

As a child I would visit the library perhaps once every few weeks and borrow various books, I always remember having to be quiet and feeling generally uncomfortable whilst there. How times have changed! The childrens section of my main library and two of the smaller ones I use are outstanding. I think it is vital for kids to be able ...

Public Libraries... Are they a thing of the past or something that we should all be more grateful more? Libraries have been around since there were books or pieces of writing, everybody needs a place to store books and so they create a library to store books and knowledge. Almost every town in the United Kingdom now has a public library which is ...

Those of you who have read a few of my reviews will probably know I work in a library. Libraries are important to me ~ not just because they pay my wages but because I love books and also like to share this love with others. I don't claim to know everything about Library Services but I think, after over ten years in the business, I have some ...

There will always be a need for public libraries so long as schools assign term papers. The reason I say this is that I remember the number of books I had to go through with some of the papers I had to write. No student (or parent) would be willing to spend that kind of money for books they?ll be using once or twice. Also, many people ...

I have never been one for buying new books. I am a fairly quick reader and finish a longish novel in a few days (well, I used to before I discovered this site!) so I figure buying book after book, especially hard back ones, was a waste of money. I do confess to having bought a few from charity shops, but at 10p a copy, you can't go wrong. ...

Public libraries are the hallmark of a civilised, democratic society. That may sound like a pompous old truism but it's as important now as it ever was. Especially as libraries can house internet terminals and other technological methods of learning. The underfunding of the public library service in the 80s was a national disgrace. It seems ...

As a child our family made regular trips to the local library. I quickly grew to love books and I would borrow both fictional and non-fiction books. I loved reading The Famous Five, the Hardy boys etc. (I even remember borrowing an encyclopedia for weeks so that I could learn the sign alphabet.) As I grew older the services at the local ...

***Updated*** 03/03/02 - see the end of the op Ah, the library. Perhaps the most underrated public service of all. People often seem to take the service for granted, but think about it - where else can one research, learn, relax, discuss, laugh, cry and stay out of the rain as it buckets down for hours on end? And all without charge. ...

The Library….An Aladdin’s Cave … I love books and remember well the first time I joined a Library, I must have only been about 10 at the time but the thrill and pleasure of having 3 tickets with my name on them that meant I could pick 3 books of my choice. The thing I loved about the Library was the sheer ...

I am in a library right now because my mum had to sell her computer as she di not have enough money to pay the man for the things she brought from him last week so now if I want to come to dooyou then I have to go to the library and log on it My mum was supposed to come and pick me up from the library at 7 o’clock but she might have ...

Last year, public libraries celebrated their 150th anniversary, and events were held nationwide to mark this achievement. However, I feel that most people reading this will have been blissfully unaware that any such landmark had been reached, mainly because use of the library service has been in steady decline for a number of years now. I am ...

In recent months I have been carrying out a fairly major piece of research work. I thought it would be useful to spend some time in a local library to help with this project. I currently live in Kirkham in Lancashire and work in nearby Preston, and only moved here a couple of years ago from the Midlands so I asked around at work to see where the ...

I thought I would take my daughter to the library, you likes reading, well likes me reading to her so I thought I would introduce her to the library. I have been a member of my local library since I was a small girl. I can still remember how enthusiastic we used to be when we would have to go and swap our library books. Of course ...

What a marvelous resource public libraries are. I've grown up with libraries as a big part of my life. My Mum is an avid reader, who goes through about 10 books a week so as long as I can remember Saturday mornings have involved trips round various libraries. Some of my regular readers may be surprised at this as one of the few areas which I ...

The Library service is an essential service within our communities. I know that there are major concerns about the literacy abilities of young people. These are valid. Young people appear to be more visual than Textual. That is where the library comes into its own. We, as a society, need our young people to be literate. If we do not, then ...

I have never been the type of person to sit down and read a novel and I am quite envious of people who can sink into a piece of fiction and enjoy it. For that reason the rows and rows of fiction in a library have never meant very much to me. However, I do buy and use many, many books for learning from manuals, guides, reference works etc. ...

As regular readers of my dooyoo reviews will know, I moved to Norfolk about five years ago from Derbyshire. When I first went to the public library in my Norfolk town, I was very disappointed. The library was situated in a drab, dreary building, with very obnoxious staff, and no "extra" facilities. The books were also very old and with a ...

Northampton's public library is the hub off the towns information super highway as it has the only public internet connection in the town out side of the university grounds.If one tiny junction box blows we are cut of from the rest of the world(Hope some one will notice),and hey you only have to pay a quid for 10 minutes to read your Hotmail.I ...

I think libraries are an essential service and defend them against any cuts or closures. They are an important educational resource and a cheap or free way for anyone to borrow books, videos, tapes and CDs. I went round my local WH Smith recently and there are many books I would like to buy. But these days, most autobiographies are around ...

Pondering the subject of public libraries, the following poem I wrote as child springs to mind. Bear with me - it shall become relevant. THE LIBARY All is damp with the smell of pages Stale has never been so sweet It is cold, but you burn with desire Your footsteps are rude against the stone floor Row upon ...