Top 20 Things Librarians Wish Patrons Knew

Submitted by birdie on November 21, 2008 - 5:06pm
Topic: 
Librarians
LISNews Features

Four-part column from the Seattle Book Examiner:
"Top 20 things librarians wish patrons knew" by Danielle Dreger-Babbitt.

  • 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".

    and finally...

  • Part 4, including "Pay your fines".

    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."

    • Comments

    Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on November 24, 2008 - 3:50pm.

    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....

    Submitted by Charley Hively (not verified) on November 24, 2008 - 3:56pm.

    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!