On the subject of fire alarms:

Once when the fire alarm went off I was checking the Gents toilets were empty. When I went in there was a lad doing his hair - gel, hairspray, the works. The alarm had probably been going off for at least a minute by this stage and when I told him he had to leave due to a fire alarm he just carried on. I found myself having to explain to a supposed adult the reasons why it was probably not a good idea to remain in the toilets covering his hair in flammable hairspray whilst there was the risk of a fire at the college. He wasn't happy, but I eventually managed to convince him to leave. Obviously given the choice between dying in an inferno and leaving the building with unfinished hair he decided he'd rather risk death than face the rest of the college in the car park with bad hair.

Why do students take so long to leave when there's a fire alarm? Is the fact there might be a fire not enough of a reason to make them leave quickly?

Andy

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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