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I personally, am of the opinion that libraries should stock more technical
books. I think they should stock the entire O'Reilly collection...but that's
just me. I've come across a wide variety of computer books in libraries.
Everything from dummies
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Not computer geek library is complete with Donald Knuth's seminal
> series on the Art of Programming.
Yup. That series isn't going out of date any time soon.
> Another one of my all time
> favorites is Barb Liskov's "Abstraction and Specification in Software
> Develo
I am a librarian in a public library and I can tell you from personal
experience that computer books that are too technical or expert level are
not what the average person coming into the library is looking for. The
average patron is looking for very generalized information. They love the
Dummy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Any suggestions for good ones that should go in a library? (Public, not
> personal)
Not computer geek library is complete with Donald Knuth's seminal series
on the Art of Programming. Another one of my all time favorites is
Barb Liskov's "Abstraction and Specification