Our library has done this for years, but they shelve them with the
little tags posting only the first three letters of the last name.
Thus, there would be at least two DAVs such as you encountered. This
is a good way to keep things anonymous.
Connie Williams
Connie Williams
Teacher Librarian / National Board Certified
CSLA past President
Petaluma High School
200 Fair Street
Petaluma, CA 94952
707-778-4662
chwms@mac.com
http://www.phslibrary.org
On Apr 1, 2010, at 7:02 PM, Toni Koontz wrote:
> 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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