How about “you have a party with the money we pay in fines, don’t you ..?”
Not strictly in the ‘library myth’ category …. But from personal experience on my first late night in the job when I worked in HE: “I’m studying, so why do I have to leave the Library when the uni building next door is on fire” … and also on the same night “I’m watching the fire in the building next door, why do I have the leave the Library.”
Jennie
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Hi,
I’m thinking about Welcome Week, library induction, call it what you will. I would like to do something with clickers and debunking library myths, eg “you can find everything you need on Google”. I see this being done in a lecture theatre type setting.
So far I have…
It’s really quick to find information for my assignments (McLibrary – no it takes time, critical evaluation, etc )
Nothing on my topic -
Everything I need is on the internet
Library staff are too busy to help or are too busy reading books, or re-pinning their buns and adjusting their reading specs.
Library staff will find information for me ( as opposed to giving me the skills to find it for myself)
Anymore out there?
Kate Stephenson
Information Librarian ( Information Services and Systems) | Library and Learning Services
Southampton Solent University | East Park Terrace | Southampton SO14 0YN
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