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Top 20 Things Librarians Wish Patrons Knew
November 21, 2008 - 6:06pm — birdie
Part 1, including "Enough with the sexy librarian jokes".
Part 2, including "We like it when you thank us".
Part 3, including "Practice good hygiene".
Part 4, including "Pay your fines".
Four-part column from the Seattle Book Examiner:
"Top 20 things librarians wish patrons knew" by Danielle Dreger-Babbitt.
and finally...
Columnist Dreger-Babbitt (who has spent the last 13 years working in bookstores and libraries) adds..."Librarians, did I leave anything out? Leave your suggestions in the comments section below."
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The bigger question! What do
The bigger question! What do Library staff wish that non-users knew about the library:
Libraries have DVDs and downloadable materials, Staff are not same as your 7th grade experience....
Top 20 suggestion
When patrons go to the movies or watch a TV show, and someone confidently strides up to a microfilm reader/printer, then whizzes through the reel of film and miraculously stops on the EXACT article they're looking for, I wish patrons knew that it just doesn't happen that way. Actually quite the opposite. Microfilm searching a labor-intensive, time-consuming, and painstaking type of research, which, of course, librarians know all too well!