All I wanted was a library card

So this blog will be short and is slightly a rant...just warning you. I recently broke the charger to my computer, and my boyfriend has been graciously letting me use his. Well, he was going out of town and wanted to bring his computer with him, so I decided that this would be a good time to get a library card. I have also been wanting to start working on a book that I am gong to write.

So here I am, I get home from work at 9am ready to spend the day at the library. I still have Gabe's computer at my disposal so I look up the library information. And what do I find? The library is not even open 8 hours a day...and when I called they said that I have to have a California address on my license (which I still don't) or I have to pay $50 to get an out of state card. Absurd!

I feel as though my access to information is being greatly inhibited. What about the people with day jobs? The hours were 10:30am-5pm. And why does the public library system not develop a way to communicate between all the other library's across the country and send books between each other and just charge the person who is dropping them off in the wrong state for shipping?

I just don't feel like it should be this difficult to spend my day at the library where I have access to the internet and to check out books for reference.

In Utah, the library is a social place. It is a place that people are encouraged to go to and the hours are definitely more conducive than what I found here.

Sorry for the rant! The next blog will be about my process during Madame Jade's so stay tuned!