http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/comment-page-1/#comment-18763 Bronwyn’s Library Blog Sat, 07 Oct 2006 21:50:11 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/#comment-18763 [...] Because this change has led “the library to hastily discard tens of thousands of little-used items and to send hundreds of thousands of books to a storage facility at which they will be inaccessible to library patrons” - people are debating the purpose of the library. Is it a collection or is it a place for things to happen? Read the whole post  [...] [...] Because this change has led “the library to hastily discard tens of thousands of little-used items and to send hundreds of thousands of books to a storage facility at which they will be inaccessible to library patrons” – people are debating the purpose of the library. Is it a collection or is it a place for things to happen? Read the whole post  [...]

]]> http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/comment-page-1/#comment-15410 I Agree With Barbara Fister of ACRLog Re: Room of their Own « @ the library Fri, 01 Sep 2006 18:32:48 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/#comment-15410 [...] In a blog posting day (ACRLog » Blog Archive » Room of their Own), responding to a story in this week’s Chronicle about the library renovation at Cal-Poly, Barbara Fister says: [...] [...] In a blog posting day (ACRLog » Blog Archive » Room of their Own), responding to a story in this week’s Chronicle about the library renovation at Cal-Poly, Barbara Fister says: [...]

]]> http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/comment-page-1/#comment-15356 Mal Fri, 01 Sep 2006 14:48:07 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/#comment-15356 It is a hard decision, but ultimately you need to adapt your library to the needs of the patrons. College students use the library to go on the Internet, print a report, have a quiet place to study or meet with a group. There are those that come there to study, but a smaller collection of specific books would probably be better for this group. There is nothing more frustrating than going through 20 American history books to find that none of them have exactly what you need, cutting this collection down may actually be more valuable to the patrons of the library. This may also give the library an option of selling these books to patrons; the money raised from a book sale can be used towards the renovation. It is a hard decision, but ultimately you need to adapt your library to the needs of the patrons. College students use the library to go on the Internet, print a report, have a quiet place to study or meet with a group. There are those that come there to study, but a smaller collection of specific books would probably be better for this group. There is nothing more frustrating than going through 20 American history books to find that none of them have exactly what you need, cutting this collection down may actually be more valuable to the patrons of the library. This may also give the library an option of selling these books to patrons; the money raised from a book sale can be used towards the renovation.

]]> http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/comment-page-1/#comment-15284 StevenB Fri, 01 Sep 2006 01:40:31 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/room-of-their-own/#comment-15284 Now that you mention it I am jealous. We've been talking about some sort of joint facility in Pennsylvania for years - with nothing to show for it. The next time someone brings it up I'll them them to go figure out how MLAC did it. Now that you mention it I am jealous. We’ve been talking about some sort of joint facility in Pennsylvania for years – with nothing to show for it. The next time someone brings it up I’ll them them to go figure out how MLAC did it.

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