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Library users poll: Do you ever browse the shelves without looking for a particular book? And/or do you go to the shelf for a particular book and

Posted by mara Jul 13 '10, 15:01

then also find something else you hadn't been looking for?

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of course -- nm - zeitgeist Jul 13, 16:56
Yes, and that's why I've seen just about every book ever written about... - OAE Jul 13, 15:09
It's happened, but the section has to interest me. Such a social science, or Latin America - culture/politics. Things like that. -- nm - facto Jul 13, 15:06
I did before I began buying books. Now I browse on line. -- nm - CovingtonCat Jul 13, 15:05
I browse a lot even if I know what I'm looking for. -- nm - Krusty Jul 13, 15:04
I always browse to find something. I might pick out a certain category, but it's always a browse -- nm - CQ Jul 13, 15:04 3
- And it's successful, generally? Or successful enough to keep doing it. :-) -- nm - mara Jul 13, 15:04 2
  - yeah, it's successful most of the time. It's fun to me -- nm - CQ Jul 13, 15:05 1
    - Nice, thanks! -- nm - mara Jul 13, 15:05
The first part: not really, but I should do this more. The second part: yes. - ty97 Jul 13, 15:03
Proptem by this article is about browsing, or the lack of it, or the pointlessnes of it, in academic libraries. - mara Jul 13, 15:02
I have to do the former because sadly our library isn't very well funded so new copies of things have ginormous waiting lists. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 15:02 4
- Sub-poll: Do you generall go to the library for new books? Do you ever go for a particular topic (say, how to build a deck) and thus don't care if - mara Jul 13, 15:03 3
  - I do go for new books but never expect them to be in stock. - Krusty Jul 13, 15:13
  - I do have a lack of deck currently. I go when I'm in the mood for fiction typically horror or fantasy that's 5+ years out. -- nm - Qale Jul 13, 15:07
  - I go for a mix. I normally look things up on-line on the catalog first. - ty97 Jul 13, 15:05
I sometimes browse but I never get anything. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 13, 15:01

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