Vicki Conley on sun 4 mar 01
Yes Linda, if you work alone and live in a small place books are the way to
go. I use interlibrary loan a lot. it takes about 2 weeks to get the book
and is a free service. There are at least 500 books on ceramics listed at
Amazon.com and all you need for your library is the title, author, and isbn
number which you get off the amazon listing. None of us can afford every
book that looks interesting, but reviewing them first this way gives you an
idea whether or not you want to purchase it later. Happy reading Vicki
Vicki Conley
vicki@pinonpottery.com
www.pinonpottery.com
Marianne Lombardo on mon 5 mar 01
Thank-you, Vicki. This is good information, and something that I sure
didn't know about, and I am an avid reader. Living in a small town, we have
only one library which is the size of a bookmobile, open two days a week,
and a 40 minute drive to get to. We pay a small annual fee to use the
Peterborough library because it's a bit larger.
After I read your message, I telephoned the Peterborough library and asked
if this interlibrary service was possible, and they said yes, they can
indeed get books from all over the country, if the books are available.
However, the librarian said that it is not always a free service. She said
it can be expensive, depending upon the charges from the "sending" library;
that many books can be obtained free-of-charge, but by no means all books.
Now I only wish I hadn't hit the delete key on all those messages over the
past couple of months from people recommending good clay/glaze books. Time
to check the archives!
Thanks again!
Marianne Lombardo
Omemee, Ontario, Canada
email: mlombardo@nexicom.net
> go. I use interlibrary loan a lot. it takes about 2 weeks to get the book
> and is a free service. There are at least 500 books on ceramics listed at
> Amazon.com and all you need for your library is the title, author, and
isbn
> number which you get off the amazon listing. None of us can afford every
> book that looks interesting, but reviewing them first this way gives you
an
> idea whether or not you want to purchase it later. Happy reading Vicki
Richard Aerni on mon 5 mar 01
Marianne,
Thanks for putting out the information on interlibrary loan. Just for
clarification, I think perhaps it may work a bit differently in the United
States. I've been on our local library board for going on ten years, and
this is how it works for us:
Books can be requested via interlibrary loan, though this is not a
countrywide service. Generally it extends for only the breadth of your
individual library system. In our case, here in rural New York state, this
is a four county library system of approximately 50 libraries. Though it
does cost the requesting library a fee, here (at least in our system), that
fee is picked up by the library itself. We would never think of charging
the requestor, and in my experience, the librarians are pleased as punch
that someone expresses that level of interest and are happy to comply.
Another option worth pursuing for those to whom it is available is to check
out the library of a local community college. At least here in New York,
these taxpayer funded institutions will give loan priveleges to local
residents, and their collections are often more comprehensive than
individual local libraries.
Just a couple of thoughts...
Richard Aerni
Bloomfield, NY
From: "Marianne Lombardo"
> Thank-you, Vicki. This is good information, and something that I sure
> didn't know about, and I am an avid reader. Living in a small town, we
have
> only one library which is the size of a bookmobile, open two days a week,
> and a 40 minute drive to get to. We pay a small annual fee to use the
> Peterborough library because it's a bit larger.
>
> After I read your message, I telephoned the Peterborough library and asked
> if this interlibrary service was possible, and they said yes, they can
> indeed get books from all over the country, if the books are available.
>
> However, the librarian said that it is not always a free service. She
said
> it can be expensive, depending upon the charges from the "sending"
library;
> that many books can be obtained free-of-charge, but by no means all books.
>
>
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