I love our town library. The library is in a magnificent building, big, spacious, and no worry for parking space right off the town.
They got a good book on Polish language last year. My Polish friend has not been around for some time but I wanted to brush up my knowledge.
The book has been gone from the book shelf for some time. It could be popular for whatever reasons, say the sizable Polish population in the community etc. Then I checked the catalog. Interesting, I thought. It says, it is available, ready to take out.
So then I went back to the shelf and examine the shelf again. No, there is no trace of the book anywhere. I went to ask the librarian. The book is gone. Someone did not return it, or displaced it.
Then the librarian, or rather an assistant said I should ask the information desk about the book. In all, they are helpful, and we concluded that the book is not there in the library. The librarian said he will get it from other library.
I waited for the book. Then I was taken aback as I got the message say: the book is not available from our library. You must call and request from other library. What? Of course there is no book in the library. I should be getting the book from other library by now.
Well then. I made another phone call this morning. She said, she will make the request and I should be getting the book soon.
You can make some observation from this incident.
- The library has the money to buy the book.
The budget? $13,822,678 (2014-15, Revenue). The library owned 360,581 books, magazines and audiovisual items as of April 30, 2014.
- There are users in this town.
The total circulation for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, was 2,565,720 items.
- Some users are irresponsible.
There is no statistics on lost or replaced books. The total fines: $165,000 (2014-15).
- The people working there has the time to deal with customer claims.
Total expenditures on Personal Services and Contractual Services: $10,894,018 (2014-15).
- Their services, however, may not be not something that you would expect.
The director name is Jason Kuhl.
Source: Library 2015 Stub Budget
They got a good book on Polish language last year. My Polish friend has not been around for some time but I wanted to brush up my knowledge.
The book has been gone from the book shelf for some time. It could be popular for whatever reasons, say the sizable Polish population in the community etc. Then I checked the catalog. Interesting, I thought. It says, it is available, ready to take out.
So then I went back to the shelf and examine the shelf again. No, there is no trace of the book anywhere. I went to ask the librarian. The book is gone. Someone did not return it, or displaced it.
Then the librarian, or rather an assistant said I should ask the information desk about the book. In all, they are helpful, and we concluded that the book is not there in the library. The librarian said he will get it from other library.
I waited for the book. Then I was taken aback as I got the message say: the book is not available from our library. You must call and request from other library. What? Of course there is no book in the library. I should be getting the book from other library by now.
Well then. I made another phone call this morning. She said, she will make the request and I should be getting the book soon.
You can make some observation from this incident.
- The library has the money to buy the book.
The budget? $13,822,678 (2014-15, Revenue). The library owned 360,581 books, magazines and audiovisual items as of April 30, 2014.
- There are users in this town.
The total circulation for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2014, was 2,565,720 items.
- Some users are irresponsible.
There is no statistics on lost or replaced books. The total fines: $165,000 (2014-15).
- The people working there has the time to deal with customer claims.
Total expenditures on Personal Services and Contractual Services: $10,894,018 (2014-15).
- Their services, however, may not be not something that you would expect.
The director name is Jason Kuhl.
Source: Library 2015 Stub Budget