shhhhquiet t1_izobm5x wrote on December 10, 2022 at 4:47 PM

Reply to comment by pixel_of_moral_decay in NYC public libraries say proposed budget cuts may 'push us over the edge' by King-of-New-York

Man you have absolutely no clue what you’re talking about. “Time to modernize!!!” By becoming a bare bones book request delivery system and letting everything else we do fall by the wayside. Do you use libraries? Or are you just assuming you know more about them than the people who run them?

pixel_of_moral_decay t1_izoj3xp wrote on December 10, 2022 at 5:37 PM

This is a common model in much of the world.

NYC libraries struggle because that’s how the city likes it. That’s not opinion. That’s fact.

LoneStarTallBoi t1_izolpqo wrote on December 10, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Lmao no its not. It's a feature of the model but it's not the entire model. All of those library systems that have pick up/drop off services also invest heavily in their main campus and branches.

You're just parroting shit you heard in a TedX talk from a some asshole who wants to turn libraries into a business.

shhhhquiet t1_izp1enn wrote on December 10, 2022 at 7:44 PM

What you're saying is definitely not a fact. Mall kiosks are a thing (and the US has them too, sorry to bust that narrative.* But that's not the same thing as it being 'a common model in much of the world.' They're useful in areas that can't support a full library. In cities, they're mostly pointless, because the population is dense enough to have an actual library. They'd be an extra here, not a replacement for a full service library.

I'll ask you again: do you use libraries? Because picking up requests is not even in the top five things people visit my library for.