Re: [LM_NET] New policy at my public library

[Toni Koontz <fussbgt@SBCGLOBAL.NET>]

The Main Branch of our public library does this.  At one time you had to go 
to the checkout counter to request the book you had reserved..and they 
retreived it from the shelves behind them.  Then they installed 
self-checkout  stations even on the check-out counter and soon the requested 
books were placed on shelves in a section in the main area. There is a small 
alcove that once held  lockers and the lockers were removed and extra 
shelving installed there.

I guess I never really thought about  the privacy issue. I reserve a lot of 
books and never really noticed who else had, too.

Toni Koontz
Retired Librarian
Columbus Ohio
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Davies" <jgdavies2004@YAHOO.COM>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:00 PM
Subject: OT: New policy at my public library


This is off topic because it's about my local public library, but since 
you're all librarians, I wanted your take on it.
Our public library -- probably as a cost cutting measure -- has decided that 
when a patron comes to pick up a book that is being held, they can retrieve 
it themselves from a row of shelves that is in the general part of the 
library. I went today to pick up I book I was having held for me, and saw 
that right next to my book was a book being held from someone in my Moms' 
club. (we both have names starting with DAV).
While 99% of the time, I don't think anyone really cares who sees what 
they're reading, it occurred to me this is a violation of the Library Bill 
of Rights.
Do the rest of you see it this way? What would you do if you're local 
library decided to use this system?
Jan DaviesRetired Media SpecialistAshburn, Virginiajgdavies2004@yahoo.com

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