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| Found this blog recently, and really enjoyed the details of these illustrations and the overall message of the importance of libraries... |
Here is a link that might be useful: Meanwhile, at the SF Library...
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- Posted by sarah_canary (My Page) on Wed, May 18, 11 at 11:46
| Excellent, lemonhead. Thanks for posting that. |
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| That was terrific! The artist is really good -- I followed her link on the blog and checked out a few other things she's done. Thanks for sharing that. |
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| I love this--definitely am going to share it at the next staff meeting! |
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| Libraries as they should be. A friend of mine ho works at a major university told me recently that the librarian in charge of one of the subject area libraries has a goal of getting rid of all the books and having only online resources. Really. Rosefolly |
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| liz, a most interesting site; loved the illustrations. Doesn't it go to show how the idea of a big city library has changed over the years? No quiet/silence signs, talking in hushed whispers, rows of drab covered books. I must say I don't think homeless/down-and-out people are actively encouraged to hunker down in UK city libraries, they would have to be seen at least holding a book and going through the motions of reading. I do remember from my childhood the smallish town library, where a collection of what we call 'tramps' would settle down at the newspaper desk by the radiator during the winter for long slow perusals of world events. |
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| I liked the idea that there was an outreach effort. Do they actually stock shampoo and deodorant in the restrooms or was that a "should do this" illustration? Considering the people that come off the street it would seem like a great idea. Our little small town library sure couldn't compare to any of this ! |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Fri, May 20, 11 at 16:15
| I just really enjoyed the cartoon of the library. What a lovely place. With ref to Veer's question about the homeless issue: our downtown library had been having such a problem with the sheer number of homeless/transient people who were hanging out there both inside and outside (along with the attendant problems that that brings), the City Council developed a new Code Ordinance banning any one bringing large packages into the library, from setting up tents outside, using the bathrooms as showers etc. or sleeping. The homeless situation has been taken up by various religious organizations, and there are actually loads of places for people with no homes to go. However, some of the homeless not wanting to agree to certain types of behavior contracts on entering those facilities would choose to sit outside the library and generally create a non-welcoming environment for people. So - now the homeless have another place to go, and I enjoy going to the library again. But if I had been homeless, the library would probably have been my hangout too. |
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| Lemonhead, what a great blog and what a talented artist. It reminds me so much of when I worked at the Free Library of Philadelphia's Central Library. The homeless would be the first in every day. They would go directly to the bathrooms to relieve themselves and wash in the sinks. There were not many comfortable chairs in the library so no one could get too settled in. They did at least have to go through the motions of being a library patron. Even the lovely suburban library where I volunteer now has it;s share of regular oddballs, like Tape Man (he keeps adding tape to his glasses to hold them together). An elderly couple comes in almost every day and does research on old time movie stars for hours. I swear the strangest people are the ones who come in to use the computers. |
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- Posted by lemonhead101 (My Page) on Sat, May 21, 11 at 9:03
| Dedtired - So these people who use the computers... Are they restricted as to what web sites they can go on on (ie can they surf p*rn for hours and hours)? I am just curious as librarians are usually very very up on first amendment etc and was trying to think how to handle that. I will have to see how our library does this. I am curious now. |
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| San Francisco is probably the most liberal city in the United states. Years ago when I was still in library school, I remember learning that the staff of the SF library actually had a serious debate about whether their defense of the first amendment obliged them to make their community room available to an organization that advocated legalizing pedophilia. Rosefolly |
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| No, they aren't allowed to look at porn if someone complains. There are no filters, though. We occasionally have a problem with someone looking at inappropriate sites and if someone complains they are asked to stop. Children can onlt use computers with their parents permission. |
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