Images of Canberra - Unhappiness at Griffith Library

The library cards last 20 years! I’ve had mine since I was 3 and it expires in 2012. Griffith was really convenient for me so it is unfortunate that it has closed so I have now started going to civic and woden.

I love these people who don’t care about libraries. These are the people who read the Cliff’s Notes for their Year 12 texts. “No I haven’t read Pride and Prejudice but I’ve seen the movie – wasn’t Mr. Darcy good!”. “I don’t need a new thought, I’m happy with the ones I have”. The ignorance is palpable.

I love the ACT Library Service. I can’t think of a single thing I would change about it – Action Buses would be fantastic if it was run in the same way.

Regardless of your opinion on this library, you would have to agree that it’s better than a STATUE OF AL GRASBY.

I would have thought it was the literate who borrow books from libraries, regardless of net worth. In any case there’d be plenty of Griffith Libary users who are far from poor, but this does not disqualify them from having decent library services provided with the taxes they pay.

Well they can walk to Civic.

Only poor people borrow books from libraries.

Close em all I say.

But not marvellous enough to save Griffith, unfortunately.

We use Woden Library constantly. You know you can access the entire ACT-wide system via the net? I regularly search the online catalogue to reserve books, DVDs and CDs, then collect ’em from Woden where they get delivered for me to collect. Marvellous system!

When i lived at Griffith I’d toddle up there every few weeks. Nice to be able to walk someplace to borrow a book. Not have to buy a bus ticket or petrol to access the public library.

(admittedly I can now walk to woden, but yu can’t walk to the city fro griffith)

We love storytime. I know of a playgroup that regularly meets at the Griffith Library storytime. With the demographics in Griffith changing to more young professionals than retired or small children, perhaps this affects the library’s usefulness? Regardless, there should have been more time allowed for community consultation.

Traffic Camera Office is at the Griffith Library (i think)…

I wonder if that is closing too? 🙂