Okay, here's a little informative information for all you patrons out there reading this blog. Though your library might not have the book you are looking for they can get it for you, through a system called ILL. (Inner library Loan). For every library in the U.S. of A. there is this. As long as they are part of a State Database and World CAT, they can. (I might explain those later.) Simply put, we can get the book on loan from another library. It's a pretty neat system when it comes down to it.
This happens a lot in our library since we are a small library and can't afford to be a literal archive like say 'The Library of Congress.' So this is what happened a week ago when a patron wanted a book we didn't have and got all huffy about it. I told about the ILL system and she excepted it. Today, book comes in, and patron comes in. This is where it gets funny. As a service we ask that the patron pay postage for the book because we can't afford to pay for them.
Well our ILL patron didn't like that very much and said, 'I ain't going to pay that!"
Now what's hilarious is that it's the library rate in mailing postage, meaning about two dollars cheaper then normal. Still she said she wouldn't pay and then I said, "Then we will have to send the book back."
*evil I know*
This got her all quiet and then she pulled out her wallet and shelled out the two dollars is cost. I almost busted out laughing. It was almost like I had to hold the book hostage before she would pay!!!
*give me the money or the book dies!!!!*
Sorry, couldn't help that... hahahaha...
Sincerely,
The Egg Wolfing, Exhausted Librarian
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