Used IT Books
James Knott
james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Wed May 21 23:33:14 UTC 2008
Kamran wrote:
> William O'Higgins Witteman wrote:
>> On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 12:40:17PM -0400, Kevin Morris wrote:
>>> There are a few used books stores around the downtown core. One that
>>> I know of
>>> is near Dundas and Yonge it is beside the World's Biggest Book
>>> Store, not sure
>>> the name of the street. If you walk south of Bloor along Yonge you
>>> will find a
>>> few used book stores that might carry some good used computer books
>>> even though
>>> they don't specialise in computer books.
>>
>> If you know what you are looking for, post that - I know I have a number
>> of books that I could donate if they were of use. I have also given
>> several books to the Linux Caffe, so I know that they had some useful
>> stuff at one point.
>>
>> If you have needy people, look for existing programs and report those to
>> the list - if I could donate things to somewhere I might do so, and
>> others might as well. If there are no existing programs, put out a call
>> for what you need. I know I have books and tech that are not fully
>> utilized that I would donate, and I am probably not alone.
>
> I appreciate the offer. The books I am looking for are on the
> following topics:
>
> A+(Meyers or Docter or Brooks)
> CCNA(Odom)
> MCSE Training Kits even if it is only on Windows XP Admin(Micrsoft
> Press) or Winodws XP Inside and Out
>
> I understand the last request may seem offencive considering this is a
> LUG but one of the people I am trying to help can not even operate
> Windows very well, he can not copy folders. When some of them saw me
> working in a shell on my laptop they asked me if I was "writing codes"
> or if I was programming. They want to learn basic Microsoft Admin
> stuff to get tech support jobs so it does seem reasonable.
>
> To be clear I have little use for these books and I own the XP one and
> CCNA ones anyways. These books are for people who to put it bluntly
> are poor and are looking for a way out of their situation. Thanks for
> any assistance any of you can give.
You might want to see if there are any courses available through the
government, YMCA etc. It's sounds like they'll need a lot more than
just books. Have you shown them the public use computers at the
library? There are also lots of computer books there.
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