Yep. I've already broached the subject with my county library. Their criteria center around whether the new thing (book, CD, whatever) would be of use to the average library user. So, most of the stuff I want doesn't qualify. Apparently math isn't very useful to my fellow citizens. ;-)
But I may be able to convince one of the universities to buy a copy. I searched the oregon and california university library catalogs and nobody seems to have a copy. Steve Smith wrote at 09/20/2012 02:21 PM: > FWIW Glen, you may find that your local library is willing to order any > book their patrons desire... Los Alamos (albeit a wealthy county) is > very generous about this... I get the impression that county/local > libraries are "desperate" to remain relevant and one method is to make > sure their patrons get anything they want. I believe most/all public > libraries also have interlibrary loan systems as well, so if anyone in > their network has it, then they can get it for you. >> Are you talking about this one? >> >> Qualitative Math for the Social Sciences >> http://www.powells.com/biblio/62-9780415444828-1 >> >> $140 on amazon is still a little much for me. I'll see if any local >> libraries carry it. -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://tempusdictum.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
