The Library

I became a library connoisseur in college. It started with my universities library system. Being an institution in the state of Ohio (GO BUCKEYES) we were part of OhioLink--meaning, if our library didn't have a book I needed, I just looked it up on the OhioLink database and requested it from one of the many universities in the state of Ohio that had it. It was great. Since I attended a Catholic institution, our library had a fantastic array of theology and philosophy texts as well as some a pretty good assortment of psychology and science materials. But of course, I went to a small school so there were often times when I needed to request materials (both books and journal publications) from other institutions. Even better, for those times when I procrastinated far too long on a project, the convience of location came in handy. THE Ohio State University was just a few miles down the road so on a few occasions I visited their ENORMOUS library and got the books I needed easily.

My love with the library system grew even more when I discovered how great the Columbus Metropolitian Library was. The downtown/main location was a great place to find books and movies or just spend the afternoon wandering around. It's huge! But on those occasions when I wanted to read a book and didn't have the time to make it to the main branch, I could request the book and have it sent to the small branch just up the street from campus. I could pick up and drop off books there whenever I wanted. Fantastic.

Now moving to Florida and settling in, I decided a few weeks ago it was time to get reaquainted with the library. Today I was somewhat bored (with it raining and my current book already read) so I decided I needed to look up the next book in the series to read. Here comes the sad part. I'm sorry to say this Osceola County, but your library system is sad, sad, sad. It had the book I wanted but not very many copies. Annnd, it didn't have some of the other material I was looking for. I looked over at Orange County's website and it seems like they definitely have you beat, Osceola County. It's a good thing I can become a reciprocal library card owner for Orange County. I have a feeling I may be frequenting them more than my own county's library. I did, however, request 2 books from Osceola County for me to pick up at the local branch. Let's hope they come in soon. In any case, Osceola and Orange...you got nothin on Columbus. Looks like Ohio wins again.