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Back in Whitehorse, back at work, and back in the Pacific time zone
I totally love travelling west. The jet lag just isn’t as hard as it is going east!
Well, I’m back at the desk and getting geared up for another year of exciting librarianship! No doubt lots of blogging will result.
I also got my road bike tuned up while I was gone and some sweet [...]
Observed Library Behaviour: Defacing library materials
Maybe MUN’s library just wants to make sure that students understand the consequences of their actions, but there’s an inordinate amount of signage up warning students not to damage or deface books. Wow, and I thought my library loved its signage!
Thankfully, I have not been witness to any student defacing library materials but I [...]
Observed Library Behaviour: Being confused by different collections
I can’t believe I’m confessing this, but as a patron I’m realizing that I’m rather confused by books, that seem exactly the same to me, being stored in different locations based upon their lending periods.
Most of this confusion is coming from the Reserve section.
Without realizing what I was doing, I used the catalogue to look [...]
Observed Library Behaviour: A computer help desk front and centre
What a novel idea! MUN has put its computer help desk front and desk. You can see it as soon as you walk into the library. Crazy. It’s almost as if the computer people want to help you!
What? No obscure little office to find tucked way back, behind [...]
Observed Library Behaviour: Queuing up instead of looking for a free employee (Part 2)
As I walked into the library this morning, I caught the eye of the Library Technician who had been so helpful a couple days ago with teaching me how to use the photocopier (yes, even librarians need help learning how to use photocopiers they’re not familiar with) and we both exchanged smiles. And then [...]
Posted by Laurie on July 27th, 2008 under Observed library behaviour | Comment now »Observed Library Behaviour: Queuing up instead of looking for a free employee (Part 1)
One of those things I’ve not understood as an employee is why students will line up behind a student already behind helped instead of seeking out another employee who is not occupied with a student.
Well, I think I’m starting to understand it.
A lot of it goes back to the uncertainty students feel in [...]
Observed Library Behaviour: “Saving” a computer workstation for hours
The other day, while the computer techies were working to get the wireless going on my computer, I had need to use the computer workstations. Now, I normally wouldn’t use these computers, or go into a computer lab, for the reason that I’m not a student, normally. But right now, I am, and [...]
Posted by Laurie on July 23rd, 2008 under Observed library behaviour | 1 Comment »Observed Library Behaviour: Not honouring the “Silent” Sign
Being in a library as a patron, not as an employee lets me see things as my patrons do at my home library. Very enlightening. I’m getting to observe library habits I wouldn’t normally be privy to!
For example, today I was trying to get my work done in the designated “Silent” area. [...]
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