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One reason I prefer public access computers to
A) prevent users logging time that passes library closing
B) have automatic warnings
C) autoshutdown 5 minutes prior to closing
For some reason users tend to prefer computers telling them it is closing
time rather than librarians - sign of the times ;(
I hope the librarians were paid for time after closing for securing
premises, but somehow I doubt it. Current(?) commercial practice in
supermarkets (supposedly our role models) is to pay staff up to closing,
then expect them to stay to secure tills, etc
Mark
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Ralph Adam wrote:
>
> Unfortunately, 'was' should have read 'is'!
>
> I was in a Kent library on Saturday and that's exactly what happened -
> but the 'readers' objected loudly claiming they still had time left on
> their PCs. They refused to knuckle-down shouting that they expected
> higher-quality service from librarians!
>
And while we as devoted servants of the public can't mention such sordid
things - of course the Kent staff were a) professional librarians and b)
paid for the time they spend securing the premises after closing time.
Of course they were.
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London
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