snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 个月前Lemmy 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-square87fedilinkarrow-up1716arrow-down127
arrow-up1689arrow-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 · 8 个月前message-square87fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up49·edit-28 个月前It’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·8 个月前Yes, we have interlibrary loan.
minus-squareRustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 个月前 Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization -Jo Walton, Among Others
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 个月前I’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·8 个月前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
minus-squareChadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·8 个月前But 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 :(