iPod at Library (Talk of the Nation)

On “Talk of the Nation” there is an interview with Ken Weil, director, South Huntington Public Library on Long Island about the library lending iPods to listen to audiobooks.

March 4, 2005 by Uncategorized 2

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  1. donwarnersaklad says:
    March 4, 2005 at 2:33 pm

    Principles. Professional librarians.
    Question.
    How would individual libraries’ users take up the matter where there
    could be a lack of confidence in the leadership of their public
    library?… Where generally people might walk away from bureaucratic
    flaws, shall we say, rather than get involved any further with a
    hierarchy.

    Cluefull replies most appreciated !

    At one of our Massachusetts public libraries in our Minuteman Library
    Network several professional librarians let other professional
    librarians know of individual readers’ book titles, transactions as a
    way of characterizing the particular libraries’ users’ foibles not in
    order to provide further library services, as a manner of retribution
    or making fun of libraries’ users that might have displeased these
    librarians in some way upon an encounter for a routine library
    transaction.

    Stereotyping the character of some of our public libraries’ users by
    the book titles, library transactions that interest the people
    involved could be stereotyped as a kind of gossipy librarian thing.
    Or it could be questioned as a breach of the principles like the
    Library Bill of Rights or other library service guidelines.

    It’s one thing to provide readers with assistance by consulting peers.
    It’s another thing to use the book titles transacted at our public
    library network as a way to discuss the character of some of our
    public libraries’ users.

    In Massachusetts our Minuteman Library Network includes…
    http://www.mln.lib.ma.us/mlninfo.htm

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  2. Anonymous Patron says:
    March 4, 2005 at 9:17 pm

    Re:Principles. Professional librarians.
    It’s another thing to use the book titles transacted at our public
    library network as a way to discuss the character of some of our
    public libraries’ users.

    If this is happening it should not be. Kinda frustrating if librarians are all up in arms about the Patriot Act and patron privacy and then they divulge your info just to gossip. At least the Patriot Act is gahtering the info for National Security. Your original post is still offtopic and as such this one will be to.

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