Comments on: Non-Traditional Circulating Collections in Libraries

By: Swiss Army Librarian » A Few Current Ideas and Trends in Libraries :: Brian Herzog

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:58:29 +0000

[...] in libraries (like in Westport, CT), and this is sort of in that same vein. Also too, I think non-traditional collections (like seed libraries) are a great [...]

By: Thinking outside the typcial collection | Musing the Library

Thinking outside the typcial collection | Musing the Library — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:43:09 +0000

[...] Swiss Army Librarian had an excellent post on non-traditional collections the other day. He first talked about the Human Library Project which [...]

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 04:16:03 +0000

@Bonnie: thank you – I’m looking forward to reading the article.

@TLwNN: I honestly had not thought of that. Perhaps the humans are in-library-use-only?

By: The Librarian With No Name

The Librarian With No Name — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:30:02 +0000

It sounds like a compelling idea, but what if the patron loses or damages the person? According to super-legit resource humanforsale.com, the market value of your average adult human being starts at around a million bucks and only goes up from there. PLUS the cost of cataloging and processing.

I’m only really concerned because our circ desk software is pretty old and DOSsy, and I’m not at all confident that you could fit seven figures in the fines field.

By: Bonnie Cribbs

Bonnie Cribbs — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:30:14 +0000

Hey Brian! I’m out doing some research about various library blogs and ran across yours – and plan to use it in an upcoming article I’m having published. Just wanted to offer some kudos for having such a cool blog! I love yours!

Have a great one!