Comments on: The diary of the human race http://www.lexferenda.com/11062006/the-diary-of-the-human-race/ daithí mac sithigh's blog on cyberlaw & media law Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:24:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Guess who? http://www.lexferenda.com/11062006/the-diary-of-the-human-race/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Guess who? Fri, 23 Jun 2006 00:05:59 +0000 http://www.lexferenda.com/wordpress/?p=72#comment-26 The BBC website is, not unsurprisingly, heading down a similar route; see '<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/5105580.stm">Love it or lose it</a>' . It begins: "Public libraries are on the verge of extinction warn campaigners. How can they be protected for the future? Be honest - when did you last use your local library? Do you even know where it is? There is a chance you might find out too late and it'll have closed." Rather smugly, I can say that I last used my local library this afternoon when my son and I returned last month's books and made this month's selections. I have always been a fan of libraries, searching my local one(s) out in each new place of residence. If you want to know where your local Irish library is, and why it is there, have a look at the excellent Brendan Grimes <a href="http://www.irishacademicireland.com/acatalog/IAP_Catalog_More_Arts_and_Architecture_Titles_7.html">IRISH CARNEGIE LIBRARIES: A CATALOGUE AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY</a> (Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1998) This lovingly written and produced book features many of the libraries in which I have whiled away countless happy hours leafing through books, happening upon serendipitous finds, confirming my prejudices and confounding my expectations. Let's hope that we do not catch the library closure disease ... The BBC website is, not unsurprisingly, heading down a similar route; see ‘Love it or lose it‘ . It begins:

“Public libraries are on the verge of extinction warn campaigners. How can they be protected for the future?

Be honest - when did you last use your local library? Do you even know where it is? There is a chance you might find out too late and it’ll have closed.”

Rather smugly, I can say that I last used my local library this afternoon when my son and I returned last month’s books and made this month’s selections. I have always been a fan of libraries, searching my local one(s) out in each new place of residence. If you want to know where your local Irish library is, and why it is there, have a look at the excellent Brendan Grimes IRISH CARNEGIE LIBRARIES: A CATALOGUE AND ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY (Irish Academic Press, Dublin, 1998) This lovingly written and produced book features many of the libraries in which I have whiled away countless happy hours leafing through books, happening upon serendipitous finds, confirming my prejudices and confounding my expectations. Let’s hope that we do not catch the library closure disease …

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