[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Lending Library?

[Glen Jarvis]

Although not directly related to this thread, it may be helpful. If anyone
wishes to find free content on technical books, here's a free resource to
over 1,200 technical books online.

The Safari resource has *tons* of Open Source books that you can read by
PDF. And, our library (The San Francisco Public Library), has free access.
You only need a library card.

To access

http://sfpl.org/sfplonline/dbcategories.htm

find "Safari Tech Books Online"

and enter your library card number.

The above link is here if you want to try to save a step:

http://ezproxy.sfpl.org/login?url=http://proquest.safaribooksonline.com/?uicode=califa

Cheers,



Glen


On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Will Sargent <will.sargent at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:00 AM, jim <jim at well.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>   how will "we" know that you have a particular book?
>> (for the record, i'm still against this practice for
>> reasons previously expressed but yet unaddressed.)
>
>
> I'll tell you, either in person or on the mailing list, as you prefer.  And
> I keep a record on Toodledo of all the books I've either lent out or been
> lent.  Currently, two economics books out for a friend to finish a paper.
>   I realize you don't know me, but the last time I was told I had something
> and couldn't find it, I spent over $100 and many months tracking down and
> replacing their Paul Pope collection.  They found the originals in the
> basement when they moved.
>
> It sounds as though your reasons are trust related.  I can understand that,
> but if you're really worried about people walking out with books and not
> returning them, the best solution is to have them in a locked room and only
> give out the key to people you know will give them back.
>
> Besides which, what motivation would I have for not telling you that I had
> a particular book?  It would be wrong for me to take something that wasn't
> freely given, and it would be just as wrong to lie about the having of it
> afterwards.  My personal integrity is worth more to me than a $15 paperback.
>
> Will.
>
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