A yearly fee grants you access to most of the libraries in the city. Notable exceptions include the British Council Library and the National Student Library.
A yearly fee grants you access to most of the libraries in the city. Notable exceptions include the British Council Library and the National Student Library.
Ah. We just tap our citizen cards and waltz in....
Some 4 years ago. Went on vacation with my folks - 10 days Singapore, 15 days Kuala Lumpur.
Our libraries aren't well stocked.
That's too bad. Especially considering that with the advent of e-readers, libraries have really fallen out of favour. And things like this don't help at all.
That's too bad. Especially considering that with the advent of e-readers, libraries have really fallen out of favour. And things like this don't help at all.
Come to Denmark, the libraries might not be in the best of favours with the government, but being one of the leading countries in library science does mean most libraries still existing are fairly well stocked, even more so when it comes to the libraries in the bigger cities.
One other note is that I actually don't think it is due to e-readers that the libraries have fallen out of favour, especially not since most of the bigger libraries will let you borrow an e-reader or an mp3-player for audio books and so forth, but rather because most of the former readers don't want to wait for the books to get released in the libraries, when they can pay some 40 dollars for a new book and read it right away, not to forget the prestige in having a well stocked book case with all the right books at home. You don't get that when you are a library nerd.
Anyway, back on topic. Sadly not reading fiction right now, I don't have the time or right feeling of mind to read fiction, though I am looking forward to the holidays where I can finish The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown) and perhaps start on the Dresden Files (Jim Butcher) properly.
