Yes. And I'm sure the 16% increase in circulation was just me renewing books. Actually, it was probably mostly just kids checking out laptops. But it sounds impressive.
- laura x
That *is* impressive! Talk about "increased library use in hard times"...
- Catherine Pellegrino
I kid, but that really *is* impressive. You're clearly doing something right!!
- lris
That's like every person in town visiting 100 more times!
- Steve Incandenza
I think it'd be sorta fun to be a circuit-riding library tech person. 'Course, I been driving all weekend. *g*
- D0r0th34
D0r0th34, in my dream world we have an army of people like you and Jessamyn who ride around and help people out. At least I think this would be more helpful than the "let us interview you about how you solved your problems and then share those interviews with you" approach.
- laura x
Medium to long-term, make local community IT support an option for national service programs (if it's not already, but I didn't see anything like that on a quick search of Technology opportunities for my state on Americorps' site) and establish groups like SCORE but for IT. I know a friend helped put together a cooperative to bring broadband to his town, would it be possible to do something similar to hire IT circuit riders?
- Flitcraft
I have even been told that someday we will have permalinks. I cheered, loudly, upon hearing this at the state library consortium meeting, and then everybody looked at me funny. "But don't you understand," I said, "this will make our catalog WORK LIKE THE REST OF THE WEB."
- laura x
Last time I asked for permalinks I got told it wouldn't be a good idea because they wouldn't be permanent because they'd be based on accession numbers and One Day we'll be getting a new catalogue and when we transfer all the records into it all the accession numbers will change.
- Deborah Fitchett
Umm. . . it's hard to know where to begin there.
- laura x
Chris said -- "All those are my screwups after we decided not to run notes as planned, due to my inability to find a good citation format for web sources…" Ummm, maybe he could have talked to a librarian about this supposed problem.
- Joe Kraus
or done a google search for citing web sources....there are a ton of sites out there that will help with that. sheesh.
- ~Courtney S.
thanks for this pointer to the store, Laura. :)
- Mar₭ Liŋdŋer
This is the best part: "There is in fact room for disagreement about the scansion of this line. But Stevens is among the most regular of metrists, and he probably heard it as five iambic feet. Still, an alternative scansion is: one iamb followed by a pyrrhic foot (two weak stresses) followed by two strong stresses (a spondee), followed by two iambs. It is also possible that all feet in...
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- Steve Incandenza
Yes--and then they invite you to submit your arguments on the scansion of your choice. It's fabulous.
- laura x
@jezmynne We found a chicken feeder in my library, so I wouldn't be surprised if you found fishhooks in yours.