Borrowing an amnesiac could prove expensive as you couldn't be sure when
they were due back!
Gary Porter
Area Service Manager - Resources
Tel 01522 550358
01522 550351
>>> Steven Heywood <[log in to unmask]> 25/08/2005 10:22:03
>>>
We'd dunk them in a barrel of Tizer to get the volume information but
I
think we'd pass on the contents.
Steven
Steven Heywood
Systems Manager
Rochdale Library Service
Wheatsheaf Library
Baillie Street
Rochdale OL16 1JZ
Tel: (01706) 864967
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http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/libraries
http://libraries.rochdale.gov.uk
-----Original Message-----
From: Frances Metcalfe [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 25 August 2005 09:50
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Extreme way to up your issue figures!
Would everyone need to be catalogued - physical description?
Dimensions??
Frances Metcalfe
Information Services Librarian
Kent Libraries
01622 696438
-----Original Message-----
From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries
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Sent: 25 August 2005 09:45
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Extreme way to up your issue figures!
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
2 Fieldway Crescent
LONDON N5 1PF
tel: 020 7527 6920
mobile: 07929 009686
fax: 020 7527 6926
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website: www.islington.gov.uk/libraries
-----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
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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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http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/libraries
http://libraries.rochdale.gov.uk
-----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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