Martin Rundkvist on Nostr: Learned after years why the librarians make this half-hearted move to stop me from ...
Learned after years why the librarians make this half-hearted move to stop me from getting my books from the wait shelf to the lending counter.
It's because the names of other lenders are visible on paper slips in books. And after the Rushdie murder fatwah, that became a serious issue. I might harrass someone for borrowing a book about Medieval agricultural archaeology! 😄
#libraries
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