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This is so stupid. It is completely devoid of intelligence in every way. I am stuck in this God-forsaken library for 3 hours sticking bar codes on German mathematical journals from the early 1800s.
No one reads these. No one can read these, nor does anyone want to read these.
They are falling apart.
The mathematics in them is antiquated and not of much interest.
They are in German. Completely. [edit: not completely. Some articles are French. The vast majority are in Latin.]
The librarian in charge of this operation says 'people will check them out if they are bar coded.' Exact words. Because, you know, that is exactly what I do when I look for German mathematical journals from the 1820s. EXCUSE ME. IS THIS JOURNAL BARCODED? NO? NO, THANK YOU, THEN. I ONLY READ BARCODED SERIALS.
What's even more stupid is that, even if you do check it out, you can't leave the fucking library with it. And you have to turn it in within 2 hours or you get fined. The better alternative, of course, is simply to read it in the library for as long as you wish and then put it back on the shelf, or even give to me and I will gladly shelve it myself. BUT AT LEAST NOW THEY HAVE BAR CODES.
And to top it all off, the library is completely baffled as to why they have a lack of money. I wonder if the University even knows where their money is going. The tax-payers and students whose money bought them sure as hell don't.
No one reads these. No one can read these, nor does anyone want to read these.
They are falling apart.
The mathematics in them is antiquated and not of much interest.
They are in German. Completely. [edit: not completely. Some articles are French. The vast majority are in Latin.]
The librarian in charge of this operation says 'people will check them out if they are bar coded.' Exact words. Because, you know, that is exactly what I do when I look for German mathematical journals from the 1820s. EXCUSE ME. IS THIS JOURNAL BARCODED? NO? NO, THANK YOU, THEN. I ONLY READ BARCODED SERIALS.
What's even more stupid is that, even if you do check it out, you can't leave the fucking library with it. And you have to turn it in within 2 hours or you get fined. The better alternative, of course, is simply to read it in the library for as long as you wish and then put it back on the shelf, or even give to me and I will gladly shelve it myself. BUT AT LEAST NOW THEY HAVE BAR CODES.
And to top it all off, the library is completely baffled as to why they have a lack of money. I wonder if the University even knows where their money is going. The tax-payers and students whose money bought them sure as hell don't.