Recent comments in /f/vermont

TheTowerBard t1_j7slh7v wrote

Reply to A probably unpopular take on the VT State College Libraries by vtdadbod007

There are computers at these libraries that offered many people their only access to the internet, you absolute dingus brain.

Librarians also do a whole lot more than put books on shelves. I know someone who works as a librarian at a school in CT and she teaches all the research classes. Online research classes. On computers. In the library.

29

they_have_no_bullets t1_j7slejo wrote

Reply to comment by Necessary_Cat_4801 in Vermont’s rates of homelessness are (almost) the worst in the country by DaddyBobMN

Highest rate of homeless people, simultaneously the lowest rate of "unsheltered" people. Let me break it down for you: VT provides shelters for homeless people, this atttacts homeless people to VT to get access to the free shelters, and since VT has low population density to begin with, that influx of people is enough to skew the numbers so that VT gets listed high on homeless people per capita. Basically, VT is the only state that's trying to actually help the homeless.

7

vtdadbod007 OP t1_j7sk73n wrote

Reply to comment by 8valvegrowl in A probably unpopular take on the VT State College Libraries by vtdadbod007

Im sorry I’m trying to word this without coming off as a jerk, but with all due respect I think your college experience is entirely different in this respect from anything present day college students face. I wrote a research paper last year on clashes between colonists and natives in the Appalachians. Using the websites of Northeastern’s library, the Boston Public Library, and the Library of Congress, I had 10 primary sources in 30 minutes and my paper done in a day’s work.

Covid definitely fundamentally changed the way information is accessed for a multitude of purposes, academics included.

−8

vermontitguy t1_j7sk47m wrote

Reply to A probably unpopular take on the VT State College Libraries by vtdadbod007

You may be right about physical books, but not about libraries and librarians. Students don't intuitively know how access scholarly databases and do research. Librarians provide guidance on doing academic research and libraries are where that happens. If you think local public libraries are an adequate substitute for a college campus library, you're clueless. For one thing, they're unlikely to have pertinent resources for the subject matter taught at the college. They're also often far from campus and, more importantly, their hours are extremely limited and unlikely to be open evenings and weekends when students need them most.

70

AlcesViridisMontis t1_j7sjagc wrote

Reply to Any experience with AWD minivans in mud season? by hucklecat721

Many years in an AWD Sienna on a dirt-road hilltop. Got stuck in mud once (worst mud season I ever saw). Plenty of traction; was plowing mud before I ran out of ground clearance. Too low. Other years it was touch-and-go too many time for comfort. Put the biggest tires that'll fit and you might be okay. It's a great paved-suburb vehicle. A good dirt road van 90% of the time, just not in bad mud. Personally, I hated the thing but that's a separate issue.

2

Eagle_Arm t1_j7sihu0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Please help support our campus libraries! by prettypeepers

I know they're failing. They've been failing for years. They are doing a slow death through all of the colleges rather than determining what to actually cut out and try to correct the ship.

The sad reality is not all of them can stay open at their current standing. Desire to stay open isn't going to pay bills. Higher recruitment (unlikely) or severe consolidation needs to occur.

Maybe there is another way I'm not familiar with, but the slow closing is only prolonging it's death. Work to correct the issue and get the system healthy rather than doing slow amputation.

5