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I haven't been to a library in a long time, but the thing that used to irk me about them. . . Aemon Send a noteboard - 22/04/2011 03:49:56 AM
. . .was how they'd ALWAYS be missing a few books from any given series. Not because the books were checked out, the library just didn't own them. I could never figure that out. I'm sure some books were donated to the library, which would make haphazard collections understandable, but it happened way too often for me to believe all of those partial series were donated. And if they weren't, which librarian decided it would be a good idea to purchase books one, five, six and eight? If you're building a collection as funds allow, at least buy in order. I'm sure there's a logical reason to be found somewhere (lots of lost/stolen books, maybe?), but darned if I know what it is.
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