http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/06/19/reference-question-of-the-week-61310/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/06/19/reference-question-of-the-week-61310/#comment-1654 Tina Lymath Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:52:04 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1047#comment-1654 Looking up porn in libraries is very brave. I believe that computers should be in a location where reference librarians, or a computer librarian can see what is going on an all screens. At the Springfield public library there is a reference librarian who is seated where the computers are so they CAN view what is going on around them. All libraries are not set up this way but I feel that it is a good idea! I think some folks will try to get away with whatever they can!

]]> http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2010/06/19/reference-question-of-the-week-61310/#comment-1653 Andromeda Sat, 19 Jun 2010 14:57:35 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/?p=1047#comment-1653 Re the hotline: the Bentley library has a “help keep the library quiet” link on its front page (http://library.bentley.edu/) which pops up various ways to notify librarians, including a Meebo chat box. (Of course, I guess in a university library most of the patrons will have laptops, which isn’t generally true elsewhere.)

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