[Publib] "Serious" internet users versus "entertainment" users

[Lise Chlebanowski]

We guarantee an hour, but a user can spend the day on the computer if no one is waiting. On the positive side, someone doing legal research, job hunting and resume writing will have ample time to do those things, if they're lucky. If they have to get off, they have the opportunity to get back on in one hour. I'm sure the downside is not having obviously vacant computers waiting to be used, but to me the positive outweighs the negative. 

Lisë Chlebanowski
Library Manager
Avondale Public Library
328 W. Western Ave.
Avondale, AZ 85323
623-478-3105 W
623-478-3809 F
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Michele Haytko
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 10:57 AM
To: anne at stratford.lib.ct.us; publib
Subject: Re: [Publib] "Serious" internet users versus "entertainment" users

We have this same problem and, as much as I know it can drive us nuts,
it is not our place to decide who is doing "purposeful" work and who
is not.  Perhaps the person surfing myspace is a potential employer or
a friend checking in on a troubled "web" friend.  Are we to split
hairs and/or discriminate based on age?  While I do realize that it
can upset folks who are asked to leave for someone else (in some cases
regardless of the reason), we are not information nazis.  We are
gatekeepers and, in that capacity, we can only offer access and
guidance- not wield the sword of discrimination.

All this is, of course, my opinion.

~michele~


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Mrs. C. Michele Haytko
Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library
MC-NPL Computer Lab
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Norristown, PA 19401
610-278-5100 Ext. 141

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