What 20 books would you put in the library?

[Bill McGonigle]

On Jan 25, 2008, at 15:02, Tom Buskey wrote:

> Perhaps a bookmark list?  How would a
> library handle that?

It would be a shame to have each library have to maintain their own.   
If only there were a state-wide organization with an interest in OSS  
that could host a list that all the local librarians could all  
participate in. *ducks*

> How about a Safari subscription for the library?  I know of at  
> least one
> library that has one.

$252.99 for a year - that's about half of what they wanted to spend  
on books, so you get two years' worth of 300 books for the same  
money, but then at the end of the period you have nothing.  Or you  
could have 2-year-old tech books.. hmm, tough call.  Computer  
technology is probably only worse than periodical subscriptions as to  
their lasting value, without having the advertising subsidies to  
offset the cost.

I notice that some of the big-city libraries have remote access to  
Safari via library card authentication, but that's probably on the  
big $ plan, which local NH libraries don't have.  If only there were  
a state-wide... *shuts up*

-Bill

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