Those do exist! A few libraries in the Netherlands have a system that basically gives patrons a key to access the library even when it was closed. Basically, you’d hold up a keycard, building would open, lights go on, you grab a book and check out and walk out the door. Lights go off, building locks itself.
Wild, right? That only really works in a high trust society of course. They reasoned that avid book readers don’t steal and that thieves don’t read.
Usually they limit it to something like 7 AM to 11 PM, so there is SOME limit to it, but that certainly makes them more accessible to those of us who work.
Y’all have libraries that open at night?
Lucky bastards
University libraries at larger unis are usually open 24/7 or at least extended hours
Those do exist! A few libraries in the Netherlands have a system that basically gives patrons a key to access the library even when it was closed. Basically, you’d hold up a keycard, building would open, lights go on, you grab a book and check out and walk out the door. Lights go off, building locks itself.
Wild, right? That only really works in a high trust society of course. They reasoned that avid book readers don’t steal and that thieves don’t read.
Usually they limit it to something like 7 AM to 11 PM, so there is SOME limit to it, but that certainly makes them more accessible to those of us who work.