My Local.....

The old library in Cork City.

...library! I have been a member of my county library for some months now and I am always delighted with the help I receive from them every time I visit and call and Lord knows with the college projects I have to complete I need all of the help I can get. Anyway, I was in Patrick's street in Cork last week and popped into the city library as my dad had suggested I join so that I can take out DVDs and Cd's as he often does. So with a few minutes to spare, in I went and boy was it worth it.

Spending money is at the forefront of our minds at the moment and I am very conscious of it. Last time I enquired as to the price of membership it was €40.00 for the year for both the book section and the music section. This is a good price if you are into your music but I didn't have the cash for it then. So this time I was delighted to hear that it is now only €20.00. Yep, half price. Well chuffed, but it gets better. A student membership is only €10.00. €10.00 for the use of the whole library. I jumped in so fast it may have been considered a belly flop. It was easy quick and the service for friendly and very helpful. I borrowed 7 Cd's straight away and you can borrow 10. 10 items in total between books and Cd's. I'm looking forward to getting back next time to see what else I can borrow. More importantly, I am not filling up bookshelves with books that I will only read once and then need to find a good home for and the same goes for the Cd's. If I take something and decide that the book or CD isn't much good, it just goes back. Organised recycling. Obviously I am in the city often enough for it to make sense but if you want to do the same get to your local library and make use of it. We need to wise up a bit and mind the pennies and well as the environment and the library enables us to do this.
Let me know if you use your library or if you will give it a go. Go on, I dare you!
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