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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 [log in to unmask] 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 [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 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 email: mailto:[log in to unmask] 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 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 [log in to unmask] 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. 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