10-06-2009, 07:49 AM
I thought there was a one time fee if you didn't have a library card. (Not too expensive.) But that's only if you're checking out material. If you only do your reading at the library, then it's probably not that big a deal. They don't seem to care if you're reading quietly at one of the tables or chairs there.
Also if you're patient, there is an inter-library exchange. I believe it's at least county-wide. It probably takes somewhere between a week and month to get a book on order when it's not at the local library. And then you've got keep on it so you know when the book arrives. At least you can use the local lookup to see what book is at what library, and then go from there. (And that can be done online via the Waukegan Library website.)
At least you have to give credit to the hispanic community to having some degree of literacy, otherwise there wouldn't be as big collection of Spanish language books at the Library. But I get your point too, of course it would be more useful to all of us if they'd apply some of that desire to read to learning and becoming literate in the original local language. (Kind of a mix of "PC" folks accommodating and some lazyness on their part. But moreso the "PC's" fault for reducing or removing the incentive.)
Also if you're patient, there is an inter-library exchange. I believe it's at least county-wide. It probably takes somewhere between a week and month to get a book on order when it's not at the local library. And then you've got keep on it so you know when the book arrives. At least you can use the local lookup to see what book is at what library, and then go from there. (And that can be done online via the Waukegan Library website.)
At least you have to give credit to the hispanic community to having some degree of literacy, otherwise there wouldn't be as big collection of Spanish language books at the Library. But I get your point too, of course it would be more useful to all of us if they'd apply some of that desire to read to learning and becoming literate in the original local language. (Kind of a mix of "PC" folks accommodating and some lazyness on their part. But moreso the "PC's" fault for reducing or removing the incentive.)