Collapse of county library system feared

Pete writes “Grim news story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the potential collapse of the reciprocal borrowing program of the Milwaukee County Federated Library System(Available here). Quoting the article, “It costs about $2 for a library to lend a book or other item to a non-resident.”, with the total annual cost near $1.4 million.

December 9, 2003 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    December 9, 2003 at 2:16 am

    Interliebrary loan
    More proof that ILL is an LIE…

    Libraries still justify the trashing
    of their collections with the rationale
    that they can borrow requested materials
    from others…even when they have no
    intention of doing so because of the
    cost of the expensive, inefficient,
    bureaucratic systems they set up for ILL.

    Of course, those who can afford to do so
    buy the book they need from OOP vendors on
    the web. But those who can’t afford to buy
    the book can just “eat cake”!

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