Comments on: Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/ 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: Tiny Little Librarian http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5234 Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:29:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5234 When I started in my position 7 years ago, there was a typewriter being stored in what was now my office. My then-manager absolutely wouldn’t let me get rid of it but it wasn’t out for public use. I think she thought we should have one in case anyone asked for it, but I can’t imagine we’d actually have hauled it downstairs and set it up on demand, so it just stayed in my office gathering dust. This year I worked up the courage to ask our new manager if I could finally chuck it and she said yes, its time had come.

Since I’ve been here I’ve had maybe a couple of people ask for one, but there’s been no real demand. But then, if it had been set up and not up in my office, who knows?

]]> By: Anne http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5230 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 22:19:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5230 We had a couple of typewriters that we had a lot of trouble keeping in working order. It seemed that kids would pound on them, especially the one not being used while their mother filled out a form. When we replaced them, we put one only in a locked room. I expected it to last only a few months, but it has been several years of heavy use and little trouble. We just explain to the patrons that we are happy to unlock, and that the typewriters are locked up for their own safety.

]]> By: Elizabeth http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5229 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 19:31:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5229 My library still has a typewriter that gets used pretty frequently. It is most often used by people who are uncomfortable with computers or need to fill out forms.

]]> By: JD, Librarian http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5227 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 15:17:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5227 We have typewriters for public use. They are old but in decent shape and are well-used on a daily basis by people of all ages who need to fill out forms or type an envelope. The days of seeing students type whole term papers on them is long gone, but they are not collecting dust either :-)

]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5225 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 23:35:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5225 We still have a typewriter for public use. It is used constantly. We also have multiple typewriters for staff use. There are just some things that are easy to do on a typewriter.

]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5224 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:42:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5224 We have one old Selectric still limping along (and two in the closet that quit limping). It gets used at least twice a week, usually for filling out forms but also the occasional letter. We have no manual so it’s up to the user to figure it out. We moved two “wordpacs” into the same room which only have office software on them, and they get more use.

]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5222 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:34:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5222 We did have ours in storage for about 2 years. Patrons came asking for a typewriter about once a month. We now have it back out. No one has used it yet but I will give it a year and see if anyone uses it.

]]> By: Sue Kamm http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5223 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:34:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5223 We have four coin-operated typewriters for public use, and maintain several in our work areas to prepare labels, complete forms, and perform other tasks that can’t be accomplished using a word processor or spreadsheet program.

]]> By: Sedan Public http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5221 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:23:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5221 Sedan Public uses one at times and it is very popular with our patrons.

]]> By: Anonymous http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2/#comment-5220 Tue, 08 Aug 2006 21:21:00 +0000 http://librarygarden.net/2006/08/04/clickety-clack-clickety-clack-2#comment-5220 We also have a tpewriter and it gets a fair amount of use.

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