There's been a very mild relaxation of the spending of the book fund, though only enough to allow paying for advance orders committed in the autumn and for a small number of titles requested by the public (and these only because we charge for requests for items not in stock and we have an income target)(don't get me started on either aspect of that last parenthesis!)
Imagine Noreen's delight on finding that the Reference Librarians have been slipping in orders for titles they didn't include in their standing order list. The copy of "Wilkinson's Directory of Public and Private Organisations" that arrived today accounts for three-quarters of a week's permitted expenditure in one fell swoop.
"People are always asking for it," say the Reference Librarians.
Noreen and Betty muttered something in a similar vein.
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If I was really cynical I'd suggest Noreen or Betty slip upstairs and hide said volume. Then wait and see how long it is before cries of distress are heard....
But I'm not.
I mean that wouldn't be fair to the denizens of Helminthdale currently waiting on their Wilkinson's would it?
It wouldn't, indeed, Macy. Especially when we've already done the wetted-hair-stuck-to-the-top-of-the-pages test on the old copies.
A varicose vein?
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