On Tue, 2004-03-02 at 15:39, Joe Button wrote:
On the subject, how does the ALUG library work? Should I donate my spare books to it? Does it get used much?
Well. The ALUG library is a red plastic box with some books in it. It gets dragged by me and Adam to meetings when we remember or feel like it (it is burgeoning out of all proportions and Very Heavy now). It doesn't often go to evening meetings now as looks a bit weird to go in the pub lugging a crate. But it attends our Sunday afternoon meetings, unless forgotten :)
It seems quite popular when it makes an appearance, it is a rare meeting when someone doesn't borrow something. If someone wants to borrow a book, I write their names in a little book of my own, plus contact details, so we know where the book is. Then you get to keep the book as long as you want or need it (though if we get a request for it after a reasonable amount of time, you'd be asked to return it. That hasn't happened very often though). Book donations are very, very welcome if they are of general interest, but I am not sure that out-of-date manuals etc are very helpful as they are just heavy to carry around and don't often excite interest. Recent manuals are otoh very nice to get :)
Hope that answers your questions.
/Kirsten