Gene Heskett wrote: ... > This library is a joke, the librarian is scared shitless of copyright > law. When I retired, I had an 18 year collection of McGraw-Hill's > Electronics magazine, from which anybody that could read, could get > himself the equ of the best education in electronics available anyplace > on the planet, hopeing I might plant a seed in some youngster. Several > hundred lbs of it since a year was at least 5-6" on the shelf. I went > back to see how they were displayed about a week later, they weren't, > the bitch had filed them in the trash bin and they'd already been picked > up. I went home and cry'd. To me, that was the equ of burning the > Library of Alexandria. That magazine was at least half my education in > electronics. At that point, in 18 years as CE at WDTV, one piece of gear > had been returned to the maker for repair, a Canuk outfit that didn't an > american to fix his stuff, I kept everything else ticking along and the > case cow fresh. And you'd be amazed at how quick a news dept. can > demolish a $30,000 camera. > > Sure, I'm an old fart now, but as a child I had "The Nack" and I quit > school over a health issue in the 9th grade, and went to work fixing the > then (1948) new-fangled things called televisions, but consumers can be > a-h's, so I got an fcc 1st phone without cracking a book and switched to > broadcasting in the early 60's. Then in '72 I saw where the local > community college was testing for the Certified Electronics Technician > certificate at their site in Norfolk NE. So I drove the 15 miles down > from the tv station I was in charge of for Nebraska ETV, a klystron > powered transmitter on ch19, and laid my 20 bucks on the profs desk at > 12:50, test to start at 13:00. 125 mostly multiple choice, and I handed > it back to him about 13:40. Accompanied by his raised eyebrows. Told him > my work history and 2 weeks later rx'd a Journeyman card, I had missed > 2. That card says it all, and I have not failed to get the job I was > applying for since. That tells the viewer I do know what I'm talking > about even if he doesn't, which is usually the case. > > No, that librarian gets no more support from me. The destruction of that > much knowledge was criminal in my view.
i support my local library as much as i can, but i don't visit as often as when i worked there. yes, i still miss it, i do not miss the stress. i do understand your feelings. i have a lot of books here on my shelves that were removed from the reference collection and the non-fiction collection. now that the library has more space i could ask about donating them back, but my guess is that they too would end up getting thrown out. songbird
