Comments on: Netboox http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:42:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63540 Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:34:58 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63540 Connor: Books are like children -- you can't just get rid of them. How heartless! :P (I <i>do</i> plan to weed through my collection soon, but that's only to get rid of books that don't hold any interest for me -- usually leftover textbooks that roommates have abandoned here, that sort of thing. But the vast majority of the books -- those I've lovingly purchased or received as gifts -- could never be torn away from me without also tearing out part of my very soul. I'm keeping them. :)) James: Sometimes the world is a scary place. ;) Terri: Ouch -- you really do have to wonder sometimes! :) Things we take for granted aren't so commonplace as we might think. Or else there are just some <i>really</i> clueless people out there. :) Connor: Books are like children — you can’t just get rid of them. How heartless! :P (I do plan to weed through my collection soon, but that’s only to get rid of books that don’t hold any interest for me — usually leftover textbooks that roommates have abandoned here, that sort of thing. But the vast majority of the books — those I’ve lovingly purchased or received as gifts — could never be torn away from me without also tearing out part of my very soul. I’m keeping them. :))

James: Sometimes the world is a scary place. ;)

Terri: Ouch — you really do have to wonder sometimes! :) Things we take for granted aren’t so commonplace as we might think. Or else there are just some really clueless people out there. :)

]]> by: Terri B. http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63498 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:33:58 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63498 As a librarian, I'm not sure whether to laugh my head off or go sit in a corner and cry over this one! This was almost as good as a conversation with one of our Dean's the other day about "needing some kind of online thing, a list, you know ... for our masters theses ... kind of like those drawers with cards we used to have (the card catalog in the library) ... that will have a citation and information about the thesis and where to find it." Oh, you mean like the online catalog we use to find our library books and the masters theses we have in our collection?? Yah. I'm still choking over that one! As a librarian, I’m not sure whether to laugh my head off or go sit in a corner and cry over this one! This was almost as good as a conversation with one of our Dean’s the other day about “needing some kind of online thing, a list, you know … for our masters theses … kind of like those drawers with cards we used to have (the card catalog in the library) … that will have a citation and information about the thesis and where to find it.” Oh, you mean like the online catalog we use to find our library books and the masters theses we have in our collection?? Yah. I’m still choking over that one!

]]> by: James http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63474 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:36:51 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63474 Ben - I checked out the originating blog and laughed my pants off. After putting them back on, I thought of how sad it was that libraries are so unfamiliar to people that they have to blog about it. Or, its equally sad that some people post questions without thinking first. Carry on - to the library! Ben - I checked out the originating blog and laughed my pants off. After putting them back on, I thought of how sad it was that libraries are so unfamiliar to people that they have to blog about it. Or, its equally sad that some people post questions without thinking first.
Carry on - to the library!

]]> by: Connor http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63261 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:55:35 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2008/02/05/netboox/#comment-63261 I could never do this. I mark up my books like crazy (I don't read much fiction) and love to go back and reference them for papers, blog posts, and personal study. I've got a lot of books, and my wife asked me the other day (since we're moving soon) if I planned to keep all of my books. I was stunned that she thought I would ever part with any of them. :) I could never do this. I mark up my books like crazy (I don’t read much fiction) and love to go back and reference them for papers, blog posts, and personal study. I’ve got a lot of books, and my wife asked me the other day (since we’re moving soon) if I planned to keep all of my books. I was stunned that she thought I would ever part with any of them. :)

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