Comments on: Do they Count? http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/ An ongoing conversation among librarians with differing perspectives (public, academic, school, consortial, youth) but one shared goal: ensuring the health and relevance of libraries. [insert your own gardening metaphor here] Fri, 17 May 2013 18:44:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Canadian Lib Genie http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1392 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:03:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1392 We’ve recently added wireless access to our Central Branch and are finding that we’re ending up with more patrons spending full days at the library in addition to our regulars who use our internet workstations. Any service, even if folks take advantage of it just outside your physical walls, should be counted!

]]> By: Canadian Lib Genie http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3093 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:03:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3093 We’ve recently added wireless access to our Central Branch and are finding that we’re ending up with more patrons spending full days at the library in addition to our regulars who use our internet workstations. Any service, even if folks take advantage of it just outside your physical walls, should be counted!

]]> By: Canadian Lib Genie http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3127 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:03:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3127 We’ve recently added wireless access to our Central Branch and are finding that we’re ending up with more patrons spending full days at the library in addition to our regulars who use our internet workstations. Any service, even if folks take advantage of it just outside your physical walls, should be counted!

]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1387 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:03:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1387 Count them!

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]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3096 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:03:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3096 Count them!

]]> By: Janie L. Hermann http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1383 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1383 OOOPs! We cross-posted … thanks for the answer!

I actually thought it was cool to see everyone surfing in the sunshine!

One question, how do we edit comments? I made several typos in my previous comment. Must slow down…

]]> By: Janie L. Hermann http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3040 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3040 OOOPs! We cross-posted … thanks for the answer!

I actually thought it was cool to see everyone surfing in the sunshine!

One question, how do we edit comments? I made several typos in my previous comment. Must slow down…

]]> By: Janie L. Hermann http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3071 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:58:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-3071 OOOPs! We cross-posted … thanks for the answer!

I actually thought it was cool to see everyone surfing in the sunshine!

One question, how do we edit comments? I made several typos in my previous comment. Must slow down…

]]> By: Janie L. Hermann http://librarygarden.net/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1382 Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:55:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.wordpress.com/2006/04/03/do-they-count/#comment-1382 Thanks for the links Pete. I knew that there were a lot more advocates for Sunday hours out there.

James B. Casey’s post was great, and I read some of the follow-up responses. I guess one of the points that I was trying to make is that we have moved past the early days of fighting for Sunday hours — where we had to hire special staff with special pay to work this one day of the week. Sunday pay and Sunday staff are what is hindering many libraries from being all that they can be on Sundays.

In days gone by we rarely did any programming on Sundays as it required extra staff at premium pay. Now Sunday is one of our busier programming days. Also, ith full-time reference staff on hand we are better able to serve those doing research.

I do think, however, that James’ comment in regards to punishing the user by taking away Sunday is correct and still stands and that makes me sad.

But you didn’t answer my essential question: Can I count my plaza laptop users in the seatcount? ;-)

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