Barcoding? Pah! - old hat!
Stick an RF-ID chip in the back of their neck, like my cat, and pick up the return date on a hand-held scanner! ;-)
JU
John Usher
ICT Development Manager
Islington Library & Cultural Services
Environment and Regeneration
Islington Council
Central Library
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LONDON N5 1PF
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-----Original Message-----
From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Steven Heywood
Sent: 25 August 2005 09:43
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [LIS-PUB-LIBS] Extreme way to up your issue figures!
Excellent stuff, thanks Kevin.
barcoding people would be cheaper than ID cards, though we might struggle to
find enough people willing to have the return date stamped on their forehead
Steven
Steven Heywood
Systems Manager
Rochdale Library Service
Wheatsheaf Library
Baillie Street
Rochdale OL16 1JZ
Tel: (01706) 864967
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin McGinley [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 24 August 2005 18:17
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Extreme way to up your issue figures!
Swedish library launches 'borrow a person'
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) - If you're one of those people who thinks all
lesbians
are sexually frustrated or all animal rights activists aggressive, then a
Swedish library project that allows you to "borrow" a real live human being
rather than a book may provide some useful insight.
The Living Library project will enable people to come face-to-face with
their
prejudices in the hopes of altering their preconceived notions, Ulla Brohed
of
the Malmoe Library in southern Sweden told AFP.
"You sometimes hear people's prejudices and you realize that they are just
uninformed," she said.
This weekend, nine people, including a homosexual, an imam, a journalist, a
Muslim woman and a gypsy, will be available at the Malmoe Library for
members
of the public to "borrow" for a 45 minute conversation in the library's
outdoor
cafe.
"Maybe not all journalists are know-it-all and sensationalist, just unafraid
and curious. Maybe not all animal rights activists are angry and intolerant,
but intelligent and committed," she said.
The nine "items" on loan were not hard to find, Brohed said, but admitted
that
they would be paid "a small sum" for their efforts.
If the project is a success, the Malmoe Library may run it again later this
year.
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