Who among us has not removed a staple from our thumb at one point or another. Only me…?
Category: libraries
requests for patron info under FOIA?
Law student requests patron information at over 85 Michigan libraries under FOIA. Libraries say no, and are supported by Michigan’s privacy laws. Law student/clerk may sue. Interestingly, the head of the firm the law student is clerking at is the Chairman of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans. And I’m not sure if the law student, Caleb Marker, is the same Michigan Caleb Marker as this one, or maybe this one, but I bet he’s this one.
how to help your library not look stupid
PUBLIB librarians have compiled a final list of “things making libraries look stupid” which should be read by anyone involved in library policy, as well as library staffers. We just call a lot of these things “good customer service” where I work, when we get it right, that is. [shifty]
why all the crap CDs?
Apparently, it was just a computer programming glitch that caused libraries to get weird assortments of CDs [such as 148 copies of “Entertainment Weekly’s Greatest Hits of 1971.”] as part of their settlement from the major record labels. [thanks tammi]
caveat emptor
Six year old renovated British library already in need of 4mil repairs. [thanks owen]