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+               <title>Why is your local library collecting the &quot;wrong&quot; computer books?</title>
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+                <pubDate>Wed, 3 Oct 2012 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
+               <description>&lt;p&gt;I just read the blog post from Tim Retout
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://retout.co.uk/blog/2012/10/02/the-library-challenge&quot;&gt;about
+the computer science book collection available in his local
+library&lt;/a&gt;, and just wanted to share my comment on his theory about
+computer books becoming obsolete so soon.  That is part of the reason
+why the selection is so sad in almost any local library (it is in mine
+too), but I believe the major contributing factor is that the people
+buying books to the library have no way to know a good and future
+computer classic from trash.  And they need to know which one will
+become a classic in the future, as they would normally buy one of the
+recently published books.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;During my university years, I worked for a while at the university
+library, and even there the person in charge of buying computer
+related books (and in fact any natural science related book), did not
+know enough about computers to make a good educated guess.  Once, just
+before Christmas, they had some leftover money on the book budget and
+I was asked if I could pick out a lot of computer books in the
+university book store, for the library to buy for their collection.  I
+had a great time picking all the books I dreamt of buying and reading,
+and the books I knew were classics (like most of the
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Richard_Stevens&quot;&gt;Stevens
+collection&lt;/a&gt;).  I picked several of the generic O&#39;Reilly books (ie
+documenting protocols, formats and systems, not specific versions of
+products) and stayed away from the &#39;teach yourself X in N days&#39; class.
+I had a great time, and probably picked out more than a hundred books
+for the library that evening.&lt;/p&gt;
+
+&lt;p&gt;The sad fact is that there is no way a overworked librarian is
+going to know that
+&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Practice_of_Programming&quot;&gt;The
+Practice of Programming&lt;/a&gt; is a must-have in any computer library,
+and they will most of the time end up picking the wrong books to buy.
+Perhaps you can help your local library make better choices by giving
+the suggestions for books to get?  I know they would love to hear from
+you, even if their budget might block them from getting your favourite
+book right away.&lt;/p&gt;
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                <title>Ny utgave (v2.1) av den frie norske stavekontrollen gitt ut</title>
                <link>http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Ny_utgave__v2_1__av_den_frie_norske_stavekontrollen_gitt_ut.html</link>