Comments on: Work Like A Patron Day 2011

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:20:22 +0000

@Matthew: thank you – and you’re right, doing things like this on a daily basis is the best route. After all, patrons use the library every day, and are probably far more aware of this than we are.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 15:41:59 +0000

Already do many of these things anyway, but I love the concept. In a community college library, we are often ‘full up’ in the computer lab, but sometimes I have had to use public machines to test student access, ect. Almost ALWAYS use the restrooms everyone else does, as we don’t have a staff restroom in the library. (staff one down the hall is no executive washroom). Are small study rooms ARE a problem – air doesn’t circulate, so if people violate the rules and bring in food, the next group suffers, big time! Always love your posts, Brian!

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:58:53 +0000

@Stephanie: that’s great, and I agree that spending time regularly in the library is better than just focusing on one day. I try to do it constantly too – and also found that once you get to work, a lot of the things that seem like initial distractions (noise, hard chairs, etc) sort of fade away.

By: Stephanie Willen Brown

Stephanie Willen Brown — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:10:32 +0000

I’m so behind this semester that I didn’t see that yesterday was #wlap day until today. I’m in a small academic branch library, and students usually ask for me by name, and I meed them either in my office or at their workstation in the library.

This semester I have an office hour once a week in the middle of the main library area. It’s been a good experience — not so much for the business it generates (slim so far), but because it forces me to sit at one of the tables with all the other patrons. I am reminded how uncomfortable our chairs are, but after a while, if you’re working, it’s not so bad. (that’s a relief, because they are SOOO uncomfortable to me – I hate to think of our patrons in such discomfort).

Otherwise, nothing special — but it is a good exercise in #wlap.

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