@snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 21 days 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-square89fedilinkarrow-up1718arrow-down127
arrow-up1691arrow-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 payments@snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 21 days agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squareRentlarlinkfedilink48•edit-221 days agoIt’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-square@RustyEarthfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•20 days ago Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization -Jo Walton, Among Others
minus-square@NateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink13•21 days agoI’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink11•21 days 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-square@Chadus_Maximus@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•21 days 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 :(