Musing Monday

Today’s MUSING MONDAYS post is a library habits meme…

This week we have a library meme courtesy of MizB:

Library Habits meme:
1) If you don't frequent your local library, why not?
2) If you do visit the library, how often do you go?
3) Do you have a favorite section that you always head to first, or do you just randomly peruse the shelves?
4) How many books are you allowed to check out at one time? Do you take advantage of this?
5) How long are you allowed to have the books checked out?
6) How many times are you allowed to renew your check-outs, if at all?
7) What do you love best about your particular library?
8) What is one thing you wish your library did differently?
9) Do you request your books via an online catalogue, or through the librarian at your branch?
10) Have you ever chosen a book on impulse (from the online catalogue OR the shelves) and had it turn out to be totally amazing? If so, what book was it, and why did you love it?

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1) If you don't frequent your local library, why not?
I love my library

2) If you do visit the library, how often do you go?
I usually go every second Sunday

3) Do you have a favorite section that you always head to first, or do you just randomly peruse the shelves?
My library has a special themed display (this week is ‘armchair travelling’, for instance) which I like to check, and then I like to look at the new books display

4) How many books are you allowed to check out at one time? Do you take advantage of this?
My library has a VIP program which you can sign up for if you have over 12 months with no fines. As a VIP you can borrow up to 20 books – I don’t think I’ve ever borrowed out that many, but have borrowed up to 15 at a time (not the norm). This usually happens when I go on a graphic novel kick (and try to borrow out a whole set) or if I spend a lot of unexpected time in Penrith – I sometimes fill in time at the library when taking my mother to the doctors.

5) How long are you allowed to have the books checked out?
Two weeks

6) How many times are you allowed to renew your check-outs, if at all?
I’m pretty sure you can reborrow twice – but our library has a self check-in system, so as long as there’s no hold on it, there’s nothing stopping you from just returning it and reborrowing it.

7) What do you love best about your particular library?
I like the display shelves the library sets out all over the library, in the general fiction, YA, and children’s section. I like the themed displays best (‘armchair travelling’ and  ‘If you liked Twilight…’ are up at the moment) but also make sure to also check out the new book in each section as well as the ‘recently returned’ shelves. Makes browsing easier if you’re in a hurry, too.

8) What is one thing you wish your library did differently?
I’m sure Wendy will agree with me here, but I wish the library was a bit more diligent in keeping their shelves in order. Sometimes it is very difficult to locate a book.

9) Do you request your books via an online catalogue, or through the librarian at your branch?
I have done, but only if desperate because they charge $1.50 a book to request something. I usually have enough on my tbr list to grab something whenever it’s in and wait for the others to be returned eventually. I suppose I’ve been spoiled by the free requesting at my uni library.

10) Have you ever chosen a book on impulse (from the online catalogue OR the shelves) and had it turn out to be totally amazing? If so, what book was it, and why did you love it?

I grab random books all the time; I enjoy a little mystery here and there! The one coming to mind at the moment is Lisa Ann Sandell’s Song of the Sparrow