Cork County Library

vector

The Cork County Library has "twenty-six branches and five mobile libraries throughout the county" fortunately it has an online catalog so you can find a book.

Thing is though, the catalog doesn't have a field to indicate which branch a book is in.

Take this book as an example
"The rough guide to Ireland"
http://elibs.gov.ie/ipac_corkcounty/ipac.exe?tm=bib&db=ipaccol&lb=Ipac&cs=50213401&sf=p&fd=1&dc=9120&cd=8&sm=d&so=d&ft=c&df=a&sf=p&sl=l&se=%2Egwireland&de=ireland&uk=&st=a&sn=15&ls=1&ts=bluemarble&mc=use&bc=len&ut=&sd=ipaccol&bd=ipaccol

Its status is checked in, but in which branch?

dahamsta

Ask them to update the site if the information is available?

vector

dahamsta wrote:

Ask them to update the site if the information is available?

(Its a database) Yep I did mail there "we never check our email address or we don't care" email address a few months ago, I even mailed a few of the branches at random.

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I suppose I could write them a letter or better still go the the main branch but I don't want to explain it to some idiot who probably has access to an internal catalog which shows locations, and doesn't really want to get involved, also I don't want to waste my time and money going to the main library for a problem which probably wouldn't be fixed for a year by which time I will have emigrated
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dahamsta

Can't say I blame you, although it might be worth one try by phone -- occasionally you'll get someone who actually gives a poo. Or you could go the other way, and write a short but concise letter to De Paper or De Echo about it, including the fact that you tried to contact them but failed. I reckon it'd be fixed within the week if it was actually published.

adam