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Libraries are cool (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

*in the US

I have been to libraries in the US and in Europe and in Europe you are supposed to return the book exactly where you got it from if you dont decide to check it out. In the US though I was yelled at for doing that.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Y'all must realize "Europe" isn't one single sort of entity that defines all rules...

    In Romania you are required to hand it to a worker to have it checked in and catalogued, you can't just put it back because they need to know if you went over your holding period or not. You're not allowed to keep it forever

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    This. In Austria most libraries have a self-scan machine where you have to return your books and the librarians will sort the books back in. Part of the reason for that is that they need to check the condition the books were returned in.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    Hmmm, how do I work in shitting on the U.S. in this post about libraries? I know! I'll conflate all 44 European countries into one amorphous blob. Lol, owned.

    I'd ask you your country of origin but you'd never tell me if it's Russia or China.

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