I’m in love with my local library.
I go to its website, I look up books that I want, I put them on hold…
And then Magic happens…
The Lovely Librarians go to the shelves (while I’m working, sleeping, sun bathing, eating and NOT being in the library) and they make a pile of all the books that I want.
Then they put a little piece of paper on my books with my name in all caps: GRAYSON, MONA LISA, and place them on a Special Shelf in the front of the library.
Then get this…
They start playing the Eee! Mail! game with me…and let me know that my books are ready for me to pick them up.
So when it’s convenient for me, I drive or bike over there, walk in the front door, go straight to the Special Shelf in the front of the library and collect the books with my last name showing on the spine.
I take my pile, head straight to the front desk, show the librarian my little green library card so I can be held accountable…and then off I go.
Could it be any sweeter?
Okay, maybe if the library had all my favorite types of books in a van and it drove around like an Ice Cream Truck with a catchy out-of-tune tune, that’d be way cool. But hey – the way it is now saves the library on gas money. That’s more important.
What’s your library like?
