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Old July 11th, 2009, 09:56 AM
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Originally Posted by simplependulum View Post
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I have just borrowed two books from library and they are called Introduction to Analysis of the Infinite (BookI and BookII) , written by Leonhard Euler . I know his books are very famous so i think most of the members have already heard of these books .
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You must have a terrific library.

Several years ago the funding for libraries was changed. Now, the money a library receives from state funds, is dependent upon circulation.


Previously, I could expect the library to be a repository for information. It kept the old books and repaired this as sometimes required. Now, the books with minimal or no circulation are discarded.


If your livelyhood depended on such a service, you would opt to buy a hundred copis of the story of Michael Jackson and NONE of Euler's works.


Unfortunately, but, that is the case.
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