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Chris, from my experience of the BL & editathons, it is worth saying that a) You can't remove books from the reading rooms to the room the editathon is using, and the editathon experiencce tends to break down to a stark choice between using good sources in the reading room, by oneself, or taking advantage of the experts but not being able to use stuff for references. b) The vast majority of the books I ever need are off-site & have to be ordered in advance, often 3-4 days. Even the ones in the building take 45 mins or more to arrive. It might be wise to pre-order some standard or relevant works. c) Alternatively they do "loan" books [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/docsupply/productsservices/loan/index.html on a commercial basis]. It would be worth exploring with the WiR whether we can get some free "loans" just to remain inside the BL building. [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]] ([[User talk:Johnbod|talk]]) 16:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC) | Chris, from my experience of the BL & editathons, it is worth saying that a) You can't remove books from the reading rooms to the room the editathon is using, and the editathon experiencce tends to break down to a stark choice between using good sources in the reading room, by oneself, or taking advantage of the experts but not being able to use stuff for references. b) The vast majority of the books I ever need are off-site & have to be ordered in advance, often 3-4 days. Even the ones in the building take 45 mins or more to arrive. It might be wise to pre-order some standard or relevant works. c) Alternatively they do "loan" books [http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/atyourdesk/docsupply/productsservices/loan/index.html on a commercial basis]. It would be worth exploring with the WiR whether we can get some free "loans" just to remain inside the BL building. [[User:Johnbod|Johnbod]] ([[User talk:Johnbod|talk]]) 16:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC) | ||
:I agree - I've added a note to clarify. Thanks! [[User:The Land|The Land]] ([[User talk:The Land|talk]]) 20:09, 2 May 2012 (UTC) | |||
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Chris, from my experience of the BL & editathons, it is worth saying that a) You can't remove books from the reading rooms to the room the editathon is using, and the editathon experiencce tends to break down to a stark choice between using good sources in the reading room, by oneself, or taking advantage of the experts but not being able to use stuff for references. b) The vast majority of the books I ever need are off-site & have to be ordered in advance, often 3-4 days. Even the ones in the building take 45 mins or more to arrive. It might be wise to pre-order some standard or relevant works. c) Alternatively they do "loan" books on a commercial basis. It would be worth exploring with the WiR whether we can get some free "loans" just to remain inside the BL building. Johnbod (talk) 16:00, 1 May 2012 (UTC)