snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentsmessage-squaremessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down113
arrow-up1280arrow-down1message-squareLemmy is like a public library of the internet: it's one of the few places where you can exist without the expectation of paying either through watching ads or through direct paymentssnek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square80fedilink
minus-squareRentlar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-25 months agoIt’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
minus-squareEnsign_Crab@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·5 months agoYes, we have interlibrary loan.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThat’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time. 1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
minus-squareNateNate60@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.
It’s like a public library that lets you borrow and read books from other cities’ libraries!
Yes, we have interlibrary loan.
Instant interlibrary loan!
That’s called interlibrary loan and it predates the internet by a long time.
1876 officially. Unofficially, centuries before.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlibrary_loan
I’m pretty sure most libraries also have that.