(no subject)

[holytoastr]

No more books at UT Austin.

I, personally, think this is a bad idea. I only graduated a few months ago and I relied heavily on books for my research. There just wasn't enough free, reliable information on the internet for my research. And yes, I know, they are actually moving the books to specialty libraries. But I think that's not too smart either. I have never had a research project that stayed within one subject. I often had to go to four or 5 separate sections to find all the books I needed for my papers. I can only imagine how crazy I'd get if I had to go to four or five separate libraries to get all those books.

Comments

[skwerlie.livejournal.com]

Holy retarded. OMG that's so insanely stupid. OK,s o yes, I generally try to do research online before I go into the library, see what I can find through all the fancy things the University subscribes to. But sometimes it isn't enough and I do have to go get, you know, books. Also, there's nothing so annoying as wanting a book for a certain subject and finding out it's in a different library than the one you're in. Fun. There were several departmental libraries at the U of I in addition to the (humongous) main library. I don't know... I just don't see the interner being able to replace those resources, especially for older or more obscure things-- as much info as there is online, nobody will ever get around to scanning/transcribing all the books in the world :P

[holytoastr.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. The internet doesn't have nearly all the books a person needs, or if it does, it's for a pay service.

Lots of times it was only available on a service that my school didn't subscribe to. But they had the book in the library, so the problem was usually solved. (And I'd find 2 or 3 more books on the subject on the same shelf while I was at it!)

If I went to UT Austin, I'd be very upset.

[holytoastr.livejournal.com]

Also, "holy retarded" is a fantastic phrase.

[danithesquirrel.livejournal.com]

You have to realise that UT Austin is HUGE. I'm almost positive they had more than one main library already. They probably were already wandering from library to library if their research went into different areas.