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Calgary Library

Janger

Janger

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The Calgary Library Foundation - the funding arm of the library - is looking for donations to make up an inflation caused shortfall. I'm going to send them some money. I also use PressReader another library service to read periodicals (lots) after canceling my south of 49 subscriptions. And I use Libby, their online ebook service. The library is awesome. I almost forgot to mention their online course stuff which is also full of content.

Click here to learn more and make your donation to The Fifth Book campaign to the Calgary Library.
 
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I made a donation. Talk about good value. My spouse and daughter both work at the library too. I read a 21 book series mostly on Libby.

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Hollow-Grind said:
What a colossal waste of tax dollars.
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Meh. If it provides what the users want or need, I'll be pretty happy to see the money spent on projects like that, rather than free drugs handed out at Free Drugs sites. Especially if it isn't repentantly ugly!

When I was living in Moose Jaw SK, (1992-1999) I thought that the Public Library, all decked out in Marble Paneling, was about the best use of my tax dollars that I actually benefited from!

The inter-Library Loan system, is a hella powerful tool! I got "Reference" material, shipped in, that came from such libraries as Cape Canaveral, and Sandia National Laboratories, for a month at a time, at no charge to me... All I had to do was ask!
 
Doggggboy said:
Meanwhile here in SK, Saskatoon had to temporarily close 2 of its libraries due to problems with addicts and violence and the main library in Regina is not a safe place for anyone. Fentanyl is awful stuff.
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That sucks. Regina had a GREAT Library. Though, I was deeply saddened, the day I went in to kill a few hours (wife had an appointment) reading through their collection of Model Engineer magazines, maybe 75 years or so worth, when they told me that the had dumped the whole lot into the recycling....

As I have stated in person, several times, I think stuff went to poo, about the time we were no longer allowed to hit the stupid people with sticks!
 
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