But consider the actual sign being criticized. Why is the library asking for your phone number just to use a computer? What possible legitimate purpose is that serving?
Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “Funny… But, why?”
Why else?
1. To call you when you’re asleep to tell you the computer is now available for your use
2. To txt you while you’re on the computer so you’ll stop looking at that picture
3. So the FBI can call you to make an appointment to arrest you for downloading and ripping that CC attribution song
4. Because the sign maker “just doesn’t get it”
I could go on with the satire, but really — Why?!
i know old post, but I like what they do at the Estes Park Public Library: You sign up under a name that you enter on a computer, can be any name. That screen tells you when one is ready. They don’t care who you are. They just want you to get a computer to use.
Why else?
1. To call you when you’re asleep to tell you the computer is now available for your use
2. To txt you while you’re on the computer so you’ll stop looking at that picture
3. So the FBI can call you to make an appointment to arrest you for downloading and ripping that CC attribution song
4. Because the sign maker “just doesn’t get it”
I could go on with the satire, but really — Why?!
i know old post, but I like what they do at the Estes Park Public Library: You sign up under a name that you enter on a computer, can be any name. That screen tells you when one is ready. They don’t care who you are. They just want you to get a computer to use.