[Publib] Re:Attitudes in the Library.

[Andy Barnett]

Well.
The Internet isn't that good a tool for school related research projects. 
We would send those doing such research to our non-Internet PCs where they 
can use our databases or search our (three million item) shared collection. 
For those needing to type up a document or prepare a presentation, we have 
non-Internet machines set aside of them too.

Not that one can't do research on the Internet. I am working on a project 
involving Sitka, RL Stevenson, the Spanish-American War, South Africa, WWI 
and the Marine Corps. A bunch of short pieces on those topics satisficed me.

We do zone use and therefore behavior. The Adult Room is for privacy, quiet 
and space. The Commons Area often lacks all three. Gamers tend to use the 
Commons Area, while those who like quiet end up in the Adult Room.

Abusive use? That which violates our rules. So choose your rules carefully.

At 09:51 AM 3/27/2009 -0400, you wrote:
>At our local library, I see countless folks on their cell phones and 
>abusing computer time by playing Flash Games and using Facebook. I guess 
>it is well within their right for people to use the local libraries 
>internet, but it would seem only fair that those that are doing research 
>projects get first priority; of couse I can imagine the headache that thi 
>would be for the library staff.


Andy Barnett, Asst. Director            McMillan Memorial Library
490 East Grand Ave. Wisconsin Rapids, WI  54494
                 www.mcmillanlibrary.org
Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that 
matter.  -  Martin Luther King, Jr.