Next time a patron complains about library fines, send them to this article. Apparently a woman in Wisconsin was arrested over 30 dollars in overdue book fines. They actually came to her house and served her a warrant. Then took her to the police station to be fingerprinted and photographed. I guess the police are hardcore on [...]
Entries from August 2008
Talk about tough Library fine policy!
August 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment
Tags: General
Another Great Session from ALA
August 12th, 2008 · No Comments
The OCLC Symposiums at ALA conferences are always great programs and this year’s program, “The Mashed-up Library,” was no exception. In his keynote, Michael Schrage challenged libraries to provide services that users see as innovative. Then a panel of librarians presented examples of mash-ups from their libraries. To view the presentations, click here. Then select [...]
Tags: Continuing education · General · Technical - Computers
PLAN computer outage
August 11th, 2008 · No Comments
We are upgrading some of our computer systems on August 12th , and 13th . During this time there is a chance you will not be able to email us, access our website, or blog. We are sorry for any inconvenience this might cause, please contact us by phone if you have any difficulty on [...]
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Library Spaces
August 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you recently attended PLAN’s Academic Conference “ Beyond Merely Surviving” or the workshop “The Library’s Place on Campus,” you may be interested in reading Michael Stephen’s post on the Georgia Tech library: “Keeping the Library Relevant” on the ALA TechSource blog. This is an interesting post on how the Georgia Tech library has created flexible [...]
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