Why is it so hard to understand that a library does not sell textbooks? We have a limited amount of textbooks that can be checked out for use in-house, but we do not sell them. At all. The only books we ever sell are ancient ones that have been weeded from the collection. Even after telling a student this, she still insisted on knowing how much she could buy it from us for.

What’s worse is that she called a few minutes before coming in, and was told by my co-worker that we do not sell them. I finally convinced her that the book she wanted was not for sale and pointed her in the direction of the bookstore.

This is not the first time such a thing has happened unfortunately. Usually it’s much earlier in the semester and they are not quite as persistent (read: oblivious). And these people are all college students…. *sigh*

This is the third in (hopefully!) a long series of interviews. The questions were randomly selected from a list of more than sixty questions using Random.org’s number generator. If you’re interested in participating, please leave a comment on this entry. This week’s interviewee is Aisling.

What is your opinion on medications treating such disorders as depression and ADHD and
the frequency that these are prescribed?

I think that they can be useful, but should not be used as a permanent solution. There
is no reason for children to be drugged out to the point where they cannot function, for
example. (more…)

I joined the Ubiquitous 28 books in 2008 challenge today. The list is here: /28-books-in-2008/ . I’ll add Amazon link information later tonight and short reviews as I complete each book.

Any recommendations?