Public libraries here and there are offering free wireless internet access in addition to the usual plugged-in internet workstations. Does CIPA require them...
The way that I understand it, and the way that it functions here in our system is that if you are utilizing our connection, our network, then your laptop is...
Our library has turned into a three ring circus because of cell phones. They ring from all corners of the floor, and you can always hear a dozen patrons ...
Reminds me of an educational institution I've worked at where the student is considered "the customer" and faculty and staff are expected to provided good...
I've had similar situation at many libraries I've worked at: leaders are just not effective at setting policies. It often seems like no one wants to to make...
Even in my wimpy library we have a cell phone sign and still people try to ignore it and the staff will go over to them and ask them to step outside the ...
Clinton.....that is funniest disclaimer I have ever seen, did you make it up yourself????? Too funny [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
My library hasn't reached that state yet, but it is only a matter of time. Patrons occasionally complain about loud cell phone use, so I asked the boss if we...
... That's a great sign at the pastry shop! I was talking to one of circulation staff the other day, and he said that patrons complained about the noise level...
Yep. It's mine. There's the Florida state disclaimer if it's an email from within the system (about the email being subject to the Sunshine Law where any ...
Well, we allow the use of cell 'phones, but we are a LAW library. Attorneys and paralegals use their cell 'phones to confer with clients and colleagues. ... ...
Aiden, Perhaps you could convince someone to do a survey of library patrons? You could have each person who comes in fill out a brief survey form for a period...
Sometimes; but often what they are talking about wouldn't mean anything out of context; that is, they are discussing the legal issues, but not naming specific...
I see. I've worked in law offices before and the law libraries were never really all that quiet, so I guess it is a different sort of horse. ... From:...
I was a staff member at the Van Hecke-Wettach law library at UNC-CH for a year, and with all the students studying, I just can't see cell phone users yelling,...
Well, our clients don't generally yell or flail; most of them are fairly quiet about it, but they do use them. ... From: contrarianlibrarian@yahoogroups.com...
... Unfortunately, most cell phone users here are not quiet at all, that's the real issue. Officially, the joke that we have for a "policy" says that ringers ...
Aiden wrote: Someone mentioned confidentiality with lawyers on their cell phones Speaking of confidentiality, I have always been amazed at the conversations...
I was sitting at Old Faithful geyser and listened to a man on his cell phone -- persisting to chatter despite my glances.... and he was transferring 10,000's...
... I agree: its simply incredible. The other day an older "gentleman" was loudly bleating on his cell phone about his proctology appointment! You could hear...
I had a weird instance with my cell phone. I was tired one night and on the way home from work I called on my cell phone to my favorite chinese restaurant and...
"library is for everyone, yuk, yuk, yuk". But it seems that it is increasingly *not* for people who have no wish to put up with such obnoxious and abusive...
... Well, that's pretty much the philosophy of the administration: anything to get people in the door. Though the policy is "No Food and Drink" in the library,...
Aiden, Didn't mean to imply YOU couldn't tell what the difference between appropriate and inappropriate behavior! It was more of a rhetorical question. It...
Ever noticed how compulsively administrators equivocate whenever you ask a direct question? Is obfuscation a privilege of rank? But they readily discipline...
We narrowly escaped having phone reference combined with in-person reference at my library. What convinced administration was reporting that we get calls...
Librarian shouting out how to spell the "g" word that is too funny....I once had an 8 year old come to reference desk and ask me for a book on sex...so I ...
What would any of you do as a supervisor ...if you had YOUR immediate supervisor ask you to work the circ/reference desk while SHE had a meeting with the REST...
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