ianslife (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jonnysfriendian) wrote,@ 2006-01-23 01:32:00 |
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Stocking up with books, cheaply
Hi,
I have just been stocking up with books without actually buying them. And I want to plug two websites:
http://www.manybooks.net/ - Stuff from Gutenberg, made nice for your PDAs. Free electronic classics. 3 books.
http://194.201.98.221/ - The London Borough of Tower Hamlets online library catalogue. And I can reserve any book on the borough libraries online. (Alas, not interlibrary loans yet.) Now, this only is what UCL did via telnet back in 1994, but it's very nice to have, particularly when I can get them delivered to a local library less than five minutes from home. And I give LBTH enough brickbats, so let's praise them for doing something right. 6 books reserved.
They still need international loans, a catalogue where copies don't go missing between one page and the next, and a domain name.
Hi,
I have just been stocking up with books without actually buying them. And I want to plug two websites:
http://www.manybooks.net/ - Stuff from Gutenberg, made nice for your PDAs. Free electronic classics. 3 books.
http://194.201.98.221/ - The London Borough of Tower Hamlets online library catalogue. And I can reserve any book on the borough libraries online. (Alas, not interlibrary loans yet.) Now, this only is what UCL did via telnet back in 1994, but it's very nice to have, particularly when I can get them delivered to a local library less than five minutes from home. And I give LBTH enough brickbats, so let's praise them for doing something right. 6 books reserved.
They still need international loans, a catalogue where copies don't go missing between one page and the next, and a domain name.
