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Author: | kevinacheek [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:00 pm ] |
Post subject: | Your Local Library, Interlibrary Loan, and Worldcat |
There are a lot of Lafferty Books I would love to own, but they are so rare, I cannot possibly afford copies. Some of them exist in libraries - mostly university libraries, and many of those libraries participate in the interlibrary loan system. So here is how I satisfy my jones for hard-to-find Lafferty:
2. I go to my local library (Albuquerque Public Library in my case: http://abclibrary.org/) and fill out the interlibrary request form 3. I pay their $1 interlibrary loan fee, which I suspect doesn't even cover the cost of postage--I figure it is just an "are you serious" fee. 4. A week or two later, they call me to tell me the book is in. 5. I bring the book home, pour a dark beer, and read jubilantly. I recommend this system. It works. |
Author: | Nat! [ Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:07 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Your Local Library, Interlibrary Loan, and Worldcat |
Very nice. Browsing through the catalog led to this issue of the EFanzine Challenger, which has a great article: Remembering Ray Lafferty by Joseph L. Green http://efanzines.com/Challenger/Challenger-32.pdf Challenger #16 was a Lafferty issue, yet the online archives only start with issue #17. Argh! Thanks Kevin |
Author: | kevinacheek [ Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:23 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Your Local Library, Interlibrary Loan, and Worldcat |
Nat! Thank you for that link. That was a really nice rememberance of Lafferty. |
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