My hometown library is now located in a new building which I haven't visited until this morning. WOW is the only word from my mouth as soon as I stepped into the building.
The exterior of the building is not so great; but the interior is fantastic! I have been away for a couple of months... things changed so fast!
Our new library has wifi for everyone and you do not have to be a member of the library. That's impossible up north in Canada. In Canada, you have to show your residency even though you only need to use the Internet. There is no such thing called "guest pass." ("sigh") Plus if you want to check out the new books, you have to pay for each item! For printing? That's more expensive than the US - 50 cents per page. If you made a printing mistake, you still have to pay for the pages. If the library printer is malfunction, you also have to pay for the error pages. ("sigh") In addition, there are not too many library programs. Story time normally is once a week in Canadian libraries. Back in the US, most public libraries have stories time at least three times a week plus other kids activities. - We are doing much better in terms of library services.
The academic libraries are also not doing as well as the US libraries. The electronic document delivery services up north are still in the very first stage. Most students are still making copiers at the library! - We are certainly doing much better than that in the US academic libraries.
We should be proud of our library services!
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