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Originally Posted by Boomer
Oh my, my, my, a bit grumpy this morning, retired guy 123? (I don’t really think you mean to sound a little Fahrenheit 451-ish. But lately that book is looking more like non-fiction, so I am a bit sensitive on the subject.)
People still do read books. Lots of them. Also, books have become rather expensive to buy so book exchanges are a wonderful idea.
The Lake County libraries are still public libraries. Like all public libraries, book donations are a help to their budget. Sometimes they add the donated books to the collection, if the titles are needed, but most often the books are sold by their Friends of the Library organization and the money is used to buy more books for the collection. The “Friends” shops in public libraries are also a good place to buy books at highly reasonable costs. My northern home city has an entire store for just the Friends of the Library to sell donated books. People love it and it definitely helps the public library budget for more books.
I have not been to the little library in the historic section for a long time. I went there to donate a few years ago and it was a nice operation that I think was run by all volunteers.
I am 99 and 44/100% sure the on-site libraries in the Sumter County parts of TV were privatized years ago — and most of you do not want to hear my opinion on that……..
Marian Boomer
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Yes, the Sumter County libraries are operated by a private company. But, why don't they have any security for the books and DVDs? I have seen people walk out with 10-15 movie DVDs. No electronic security. That is my tax money being wasted.
Sorry for being grumpy, but I don't think we need 30 more locations for free books, even if people still read them. I read books, but I buy them on my Kindle.