What 20 books would you put in the library?

[Curtis Sandoval]

Not to fall down into the quagmire, but how hard would it be to do
that exactly?  I'm assuming, as a n00b, that I missed previous heated
discussion on this topic?  ;-)

On 25/01/2008, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> 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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