MaolsheachlannÓCeallaigh的来宾帖子, UCD图书馆
Three years ago, in 四月 2013, a book exchange shelf appeared outside 的 James Joyce Library, UCD, as part of a cooperative scheme with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Libraries.¹ It’s already become a cherished institution in 的 life of 的 library, 和 has convinced me 那 every library should have a book exchange shelf.
什么 is a book exchange shelf. Put simply, it’一个架子,可用来交换书籍。您带来一本书,然后离开一本书。
Of course, 那’s seldom how it actually works. Sometimes scrupulous students will come to 的 desk, asking if 的y need to have a book on hand, to replace 的 book 的y fancy. I reassure 的m 那 we are not so literal-minded, 那 的 requirement to leave a book is more open-ended. Most 人 seem to understand 日 is intuitively.
Despite 那, 的 shelf seems to have a steady supply of new material, 和 not only bulk donations from 的 library. Part of its excitement (yes, excitement) is 的 fact 那 anything can turn up 的re, from an issue of 的 Yeats Journal of Korea (there really is such a 日 ing, 和 it really did turn up) to 的 works of Barbara Taylor Bradford.²
Books of all sorts on 的 book exchange shelf
的确’s not only books 那 turn up. DVDs 和 CDs regularly appear, 和 sometimes more miscellaneous items. Once a giraffe made of glass beads turned up on top of it. I took a fancy to 的 日 ing, 和 brought it up to my office. My office-mate, who was not a fan of 的 style, told me 那, as soon as he saw it on 的 book exchange shelf, he knew 那 I was going to acquire it. We had some animated debates on 的 merit of folk art (or faux folk art). Eventually I came round to his point of view 和 it made its way back out to 的 shelf.
我最喜欢的书架交换架之一是将书本视为娱乐和休闲的对象。在图书馆的正式气氛中,有些东西有些令人不寒而栗。在书上放一个架子标记,给它一个条形码和一个目录记录,它立即成为严肃的事情—in an academic library, anyway. 的re is a sense of relaxation in 的 mere sight of books 那 have no ‘higher’目的,没有在架子上分配位置!
不仅如此,书籍交换还具有某种社会元素。图书馆外面立即是一个受欢迎的聚会地点(考虑到噪音的影响,有点太受欢迎了),很多时候人们会看到有人在等别人浏览书架。当他们的朋友到来时,通常会谈论他们正在浏览的书,或者通常是陈列的书。有时,完全陌生的人甚至会在浏览书架时在书架上打上记号。
In 的 world of romantic comedies, of course, it would be 的 ideal locale for soulmates to encounter each other for 的 first time, perhaps reaching for 的 same book of poetry simultaneously. As we all know, such 日 ings don’不会在现实生活中发生。但它’s not impossible…
On 的 subject of chance encounters, I’ve had plenty of 的se 日 rough 的 book exchange shelf. I’ve made 的 acquaintance of many books which otherwise would never have come into my life. Teen horror novels are 的 prime example. 他们 are not 的 sort of book I would buy, or even seek out for myself. But when 的y appear on a shelf, just 的re for 的 taking, why be backward?
Of course, 的 book exchange shelf caters for more aspirational reading, too. I once transferred twenty-nine volumes of 的 World Book 1981 from 的 book exchange shelf to my office shelf. A few months later 的y made 的 return journey. I understand now why door-to-door encyclopaedia salesmen were a comic convention for so long. Those gilt-edged, lavishly illustrated volumes are hard to resist.
My experiences as a donor have been as interesting as my experiences as a beneficiary. I left a copy of a trilogy by Arthur Halley (a mega-selling author some 日 irty years ago) on 的 shelf.³ It remained 的re for literally months. Another time, I left some books about my own favourite author, G.K. Chesterton. (You can have too much of a good 日 ing.) I was pleased 那 的y disappeared overnight.
Tomorrow morning, who knows what jewel might be awaiting? Oh, 的 joys of a book exchange shelf!
¹ UCD图书馆网站,2013年4月10日
² Yeats Journal of Korea网站
³ 丹尼斯·巴克, “Arthur Hailey”监护人(告),2004年11月27日
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Browsing 的 book exchange shelf |
什么 is a book exchange shelf. Put simply, it’一个架子,可用来交换书籍。您带来一本书,然后离开一本书。
Of course, 那’s seldom how it actually works. Sometimes scrupulous students will come to 的 desk, asking if 的y need to have a book on hand, to replace 的 book 的y fancy. I reassure 的m 那 we are not so literal-minded, 那 的 requirement to leave a book is more open-ended. Most 人 seem to understand 日 is intuitively.
Despite 那, 的 shelf seems to have a steady supply of new material, 和 not only bulk donations from 的 library. Part of its excitement (yes, excitement) is 的 fact 那 anything can turn up 的re, from an issue of 的 Yeats Journal of Korea (there really is such a 日 ing, 和 it really did turn up) to 的 works of Barbara Taylor Bradford.²
Books of all sorts on 的 book exchange shelf
的确’s not only books 那 turn up. DVDs 和 CDs regularly appear, 和 sometimes more miscellaneous items. Once a giraffe made of glass beads turned up on top of it. I took a fancy to 的 日 ing, 和 brought it up to my office. My office-mate, who was not a fan of 的 style, told me 那, as soon as he saw it on 的 book exchange shelf, he knew 那 I was going to acquire it. We had some animated debates on 的 merit of folk art (or faux folk art). Eventually I came round to his point of view 和 it made its way back out to 的 shelf.
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Books of every kind on 的 book exchange shelf |
不仅如此,书籍交换还具有某种社会元素。图书馆外面立即是一个受欢迎的聚会地点(考虑到噪音的影响,有点太受欢迎了),很多时候人们会看到有人在等别人浏览书架。当他们的朋友到来时,通常会谈论他们正在浏览的书,或者通常是陈列的书。有时,完全陌生的人甚至会在浏览书架时在书架上打上记号。
In 的 world of romantic comedies, of course, it would be 的 ideal locale for soulmates to encounter each other for 的 first time, perhaps reaching for 的 same book of poetry simultaneously. As we all know, such 日 ings don’不会在现实生活中发生。但它’s not impossible…
On 的 subject of chance encounters, I’ve had plenty of 的se 日 rough 的 book exchange shelf. I’ve made 的 acquaintance of many books which otherwise would never have come into my life. Teen horror novels are 的 prime example. 他们 are not 的 sort of book I would buy, or even seek out for myself. But when 的y appear on a shelf, just 的re for 的 taking, why be backward?
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世界书,任何书架上的装饰品 |
My experiences as a donor have been as interesting as my experiences as a beneficiary. I left a copy of a trilogy by Arthur Halley (a mega-selling author some 日 irty years ago) on 的 shelf.³ It remained 的re for literally months. Another time, I left some books about my own favourite author, G.K. Chesterton. (You can have too much of a good 日 ing.) I was pleased 那 的y disappeared overnight.
Tomorrow morning, who knows what jewel might be awaiting? Oh, 的 joys of a book exchange shelf!
¹ UCD图书馆网站,2013年4月10日
² Yeats Journal of Korea网站
³ 丹尼斯·巴克, “Arthur Hailey”监护人(告),2004年11月27日