nklr - motorcycling magazines - libraries
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:50 am
Well put, as befitting the man who founded Maryland. Can't fool us by changing the spelling of Lord.
Bogdan
From: Lourd Baltimore >
Reply-To: Lourd Baltimore >
Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 4:47 AM
To: mark ward >
Cc: DSN KLR650 dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.comdsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com>>
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR - Motorcycling Magazines - Libraries
Even more off-topic....
I'm a big fan of libraries. Especially since we have two young kids. Great place to get some kids books and sometimes there are story times for kids.
There are also a few banks of computers that are usually all in use. Mostly occupied by teenagers. The days of book research in libraries are long gone save for the libraries that house rare un-digitized manuscripts and other items.
That's not to say that libraries are not useful for casual research or school research. A good, knowledgeable librarian makes all the difference in this area.
While they may appear outdated in a digital age libraries are slowly evolving with the times.
The American Library
Association has been advocating (quietly though, we're in library after
all) for the preservation of civil rights with regards to freedom information.
Support your local public library...even though that weird guy browsing the adjacent shelf keeps silently farting.
Josh
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From: mark ward nomad59@...>
To: Lourd Baltimore lourd_baltimore@...>; Ron Criswell roncriswell2@...>
Cc: DSN KLR650 dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, 4 March 2013, 13:25
Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR - Motorcycling Magazines
Motorcycle Consumer News Here.
Libraries: Our county promotes, E. "BOOKS", you can down load into Lap top etc. WITH A TWO WEEK LIMIT. (unless you "RE-Borrow"?)
While I am a fan of USING the Library, I do understand the "arguement" of, They compete with The Book SELLING Business.
If downloading Music for FREE! is wrong, becuase the singer, promoter etc do not get there Royalties, Then what about BOOK Authors?
Main issue: Libraries ARE GOING ELECTRONIC.
AND tey have SEVERAL Computors to use. More people On the Computors, Doing research, PLAYING GAMES, WATCHING VIDEO'S, ETC ETC., Then in the Books Dept.,
--- On Mon, 3/4/13, Ron Criswellroncriswell2@...> wrote: From: Ron Criswellroncriswell2@...> Subject: Re: [DSN_KLR650] NKLR - Motorcycling Magazines To: "Lourd Baltimore" lourd_baltimore@...> Cc: "DSN KLR650" dsn_klr650@yahoogroups.com> Date: Monday, March 4, 2013, 9:34 AM I think you are right on the quality of Motorcyclist.....but I have seen the quality of a number of magazines go down, not just motorcycle mags. I attribute it to the Internet age. Too much competition from digital I think. A lot easier and cheaper to go electronic than to print glossy mags. I now get two newspapers electronically, plus my National Geographic. The men's mags like Playboy are really in trouble as you can get a lot of that stuff free on the Internet. I think dead tree publication will be gone in ten years. Things like libraries, school books all in my mind should be electronic. I can do research a lot quicker on the Internet than by going to any library. I am a retired graphic artist and just can see the writing on the wall. Plus with the motorcycle business in general has been hit hard by the recession I think. Motorcyclist always seemed in the past to be mostly sport bike orientated. How many articles can you do about riding on the latest wheelie machine? The motorcycle world is a lot broader than that. I subscribe to Cycle World, Rider and Motorcyclist. Criswell Sent from my iPad On Mar 4, 2013, at 3:06 AM, Lourd Baltimore lourd_baltimore@...> wrote: > I used to subscribe to Motorcyclist, Cycle World, and Motorcycle Consumer News. > > Since we've moved to the UK I also pick up Motor Cycle News (MCN), a weekly paper. > > Then we had kids and my reading time has been severely curtailed. > > I decided to drop two from those three.. This at first seemed like a difficult choice, but I noticed over the last few years I started to...dislike Motorcyclist. > I just got the feeling that it was all flash and no substance. And it all seemed to coincide with their current editor. My biggest peeve with that periodical was the > editor's response to reader letters. Just flippant and condescending with nary an ounce of cleverness. > > On the other hand I feel that the quality of Cycle World has greatly improved. It was never lacking before, but the aforementioned adventure bike comparison, following world developments in motorcycling, Peter Egan motorcycling love stories, Kevin Cameron elaborating on engineering, and even the editors column are good reading. > > Motorcycle Consumer News has been a great rock-steady read for years. Many held reservations about their change from black-and-white to color, but I think it's better now and has not lost any quality. The articles on medical motorcycling and hypothetical hazardous situations are a good aspect of this magazine that serves to remind you that the rider is the most important component of any motorcycle. > > MCN helps me keep up on the industry, racing, and politics every week along with some great reviews and comparisons. The classified section allows me to indulge an unhealthy motorcycle acquisition fantasy. > > I decided earlier that I would cut out two. In the end I cut Motorcyclist and only pick up MCN if the front page tickles my eyes. > Did Motorcyclist get worse? Did Cycle World get better? Am I just getting older? > > What other motorcycling rags do you guys read? > > I'm always looking to add more to 2-foot-high stack of unread bike stuff... > > Josh > . > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]