[Publib] RE: Clients/Patrons/Customers

[Fred Beisser]

I thought that typically library cardholders were residents (full or 
part-time) of the service area...ergo, there is a prerequisite.

Fred Beisser
Trustee
www.elbertcountylibrary.org
(Colorado)

s shoar wrote:
>  Also,  to be a "member" of an organization or a club, etc..often 
> reqires having met certain prerequisites, as in country clubs, 
> political parties, relligious organizations and so on.  There is no 
> such requirements for library patrons.  We are here and our patrons 
> are here because they "appreciate" our services.
>  
> Shahin Shoar
> Media Services Manager
> Upper Arlington Public Library
> Columbus, OH 43221
> www.ualibrary.org <http://www.ualibrary.org/>
>
>  
> On 6/11/09 9:58 AM, "Babel, Elisa (DCPL)" wrote:
>  
>  
> This topic came up on another listserv about a month or so ago.
>  
> One poster wrote that to him, the meaning of the words customers and 
> members involved money and fees. He preferred the word patron since no 
> money was involved.
>  
> Elisa
>  
> Elisa Babel, MLS
> Adult Librarian
> Popular Library Division
> Martin Luther King, Jr Memorial Library
> 901 G St., NW
> Washington, DC 20001
> "To the historian, libraries are food, shelter, and even muse."~ 
> Barbara Tuchman
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