[Noisebridge-discuss] Noisebridge Lending Library?

[jim]

   i think my response was pretty good. we're talking 
the problem out (as good consensors should) so's to 
address each of our concerns. note it reflects my 
understanding per conversations with those who seemed 
to care at the time. 

   my big concern is that the noisebridge library is 
of high value: useful to each of us because of the 
value of the contents and a draw that helps to bring 
others to noisebridge. 
   if the NB community in general does not care about 
a high quality library, i'd like to know that. 
   if NB-ers want a high quality library, i very much 
want to support that. 

   i believe that it's important to preserve high 
quality books, and not allowing them off-premises is 
a clean policy. 

   rachel's right: labels are not a signout system. 
(back to that: ) those who take away a book that 
should be returned should record some kind of contact 
info so others can bug them to bring it back. for a 
counter example, think of video rental stores. 




On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 15:11 -0800, Leif Ryge wrote:
> On 02/09/2010 02:53 PM, jim wrote:
> >     i am still stuck on the idea that some books
> > do not leave premises. most books, seems to me,
> > can go off premises, some forever.
> 
> Phew! I'm glad we agree that most books should be borrowable. I'm 
> inclined to note that this is a long way from your original answer to 
> Will's question at the beginning of this thread, which I did not like at 
> all:
> 
> [JS] >    No, it is not a lending library. people who take
> [JS] > books home tend to keep them, and in those cases the
> [JS] > books are not available to others: not excellent.
> 
> If people want to mark individual books with a "please leave this book 
> at noisebridge" stamp or sticker, I have no objection to that. I just 
> hope that the understanding for unmarked books in our library remains 
> that they are borrowable by default.
> 
> ~leif
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