snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentsmessage-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1629arrow-down125
arrow-up1604arrow-down1message-squareLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentssnek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up41·edit-25 months agoIt’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 months agoYes, we have interlibrary loan.
minus-squareRustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months ago Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization -Jo Walton, Among Others
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoI’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoThat’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time. 1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
minus-squareChadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·5 months agoBut it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(
It’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
Yes, we have interlibrary loan.
Instant interlibrary loan!
-Jo Walton, Among Others
I’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
That’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time.
1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
But it doesn’t have lots of useful stuff that makes people want to come here :(