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the powers of ILL, and rural libraries
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From: Maia Cheli-Colando <maia>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:57:21 -0700
Caroline Parr wrote:
Hmm. Well, my sisters (half-sisters, technically), live in Sonora, CA. We live in Arcata. That's abour eight hours apart for those without a mental CA map. Both families, ours and theirs, live in rural areas. Our town is much further from major cities (Sacramento and SF are within a few hours of Sonora), but has a much stronger library system, though we've suffered with recent cuts, and have to close one extra week per season now.
I confess that we don't use the county system as heavily as we do the university system, which we visit about once a week. We use the website and online catalog at the university, and I have used my daughter's card to ILL books. (That's naughty, I suppose, but I can't ILL because I am
"only" an alumni; though residents and alumni have to pay for our cards, we don't get ILL or hold priviliges. With my husband on staff and my daughter a university student through the music academy, we as a family have more priviliges than I can get myself.)
.... Ah, I just called the College in Sonora and confirmed that resident cards are available, and was able to determine that the County library, though not much itself, can ILL. And my sister can go to the College to use the computer to get her lists... Still, that's a lot of running around! Nikki (and her parents) will probably do it... but when I think of most families in a similar rural situation...?
That's great! It reminds me of Michigan State. All Lansing-area locals are invited to obtain cards for free, which give access to their floors and floors of stacks. I don't think that they always had that program; I have the vague sense that it started sometime in the 90's. Of course, MSU is a land grant college, so they tend to have a different perspective on community service than, say, the California SU or UC systems.
Cassandra wrote:/ The bittersweet thing is, our local library is going to be rebuilt, (which will be lovely,) but in the meantime our library will be closed for a year or two, and we are to use the services of a branch much farther away. Too far for the kids to walk... /
I am sorry!! I grieved when I heard that the California Academy of Sciences would be shut down for five years, as it suddenly struck me that a Bay area kid who would have encountered the Academy in elementary or middle school might now entirely miss out on the experience. Again, savvy parents will still get the kids there... but those who rely on the schools might just miss the timing. Likewise, I think that library visits shouldn't be just a "third grade experience"... what a terrible thing to miss if you did. Good for you to help out the kids who mightn't otherwise get books. I'm glad that the students rewarded your faith.
Maia
Received on Thu 14 Oct 2004 11:57:21 AM CDT
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:57:21 -0700
Caroline Parr wrote:
Hmm. Well, my sisters (half-sisters, technically), live in Sonora, CA. We live in Arcata. That's abour eight hours apart for those without a mental CA map. Both families, ours and theirs, live in rural areas. Our town is much further from major cities (Sacramento and SF are within a few hours of Sonora), but has a much stronger library system, though we've suffered with recent cuts, and have to close one extra week per season now.
I confess that we don't use the county system as heavily as we do the university system, which we visit about once a week. We use the website and online catalog at the university, and I have used my daughter's card to ILL books. (That's naughty, I suppose, but I can't ILL because I am
"only" an alumni; though residents and alumni have to pay for our cards, we don't get ILL or hold priviliges. With my husband on staff and my daughter a university student through the music academy, we as a family have more priviliges than I can get myself.)
.... Ah, I just called the College in Sonora and confirmed that resident cards are available, and was able to determine that the County library, though not much itself, can ILL. And my sister can go to the College to use the computer to get her lists... Still, that's a lot of running around! Nikki (and her parents) will probably do it... but when I think of most families in a similar rural situation...?
That's great! It reminds me of Michigan State. All Lansing-area locals are invited to obtain cards for free, which give access to their floors and floors of stacks. I don't think that they always had that program; I have the vague sense that it started sometime in the 90's. Of course, MSU is a land grant college, so they tend to have a different perspective on community service than, say, the California SU or UC systems.
Cassandra wrote:/ The bittersweet thing is, our local library is going to be rebuilt, (which will be lovely,) but in the meantime our library will be closed for a year or two, and we are to use the services of a branch much farther away. Too far for the kids to walk... /
I am sorry!! I grieved when I heard that the California Academy of Sciences would be shut down for five years, as it suddenly struck me that a Bay area kid who would have encountered the Academy in elementary or middle school might now entirely miss out on the experience. Again, savvy parents will still get the kids there... but those who rely on the schools might just miss the timing. Likewise, I think that library visits shouldn't be just a "third grade experience"... what a terrible thing to miss if you did. Good for you to help out the kids who mightn't otherwise get books. I'm glad that the students rewarded your faith.
Maia
Received on Thu 14 Oct 2004 11:57:21 AM CDT
