Comments on: … Be a Patron, Part II http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-155 Anonymous Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:30:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39#comment-155 We tried for a year to get wireless at our community college library. Finally they installed hubs where users could connect their laptops. It takes so much tweeking from techs that people rarely use it. Now we just tell people to park at <a HREF="http://www.bojangles.com/bojangles/home/day.html" REL="nofollow">Bojangles</a>. They have wi-fi. We tried for a year to get wireless at our community college library. Finally they installed hubs where users could connect their laptops. It takes so much tweeking from techs that people rarely use it. Now we just tell people to park at Bojangles. They have wi-fi.

]]> By: Dorothea http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-154 Dorothea Sun, 23 Jul 2006 22:13:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39#comment-154 Garrr, my PL's website and the FOUR CLICKS it takes to get to an OPAC search screen! Garrr, my PL’s website and the FOUR CLICKS it takes to get to an OPAC search screen!

]]> By: Hedgehog Librarian http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-153 Hedgehog Librarian Sun, 23 Jul 2006 17:06:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39#comment-153 Isn't it interesting how differently we view the library from the user side! I'm one of those terrified-to-approach the reference desk people. Somehow I feel I will be looked down upon as someone who should "know better" and "know how to find it already." At what point do we assume that about ourselves? Crazy.... Isn’t it interesting how differently we view the library from the user side! I’m one of those terrified-to-approach the reference desk people. Somehow I feel I will be looked down upon as someone who should “know better” and “know how to find it already.” At what point do we assume that about ourselves? Crazy….

]]> By: Sarah http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39&cpage=1#comment-152 Sarah Sat, 22 Jul 2006 13:48:00 +0000 http://www.lisjobs.com/blog/?p=39#comment-152 *nods* my institution just GOT wireless earlier this apring after nagging the IT department for over a year. It finally took an annoyed regent who couldn't check his email during a meeting at the library to make it happen. The we got it, but they were so freaked about secutiry that they make everyone download some asinine client software that takes 10 steps to set up and another 7 just to get logged in each time. <br/><br/>After being TRAINED on the procedure, I brought my laptop to work to see how long it took me to set up and get in. Took about 10 minutes, which would have had me logged in, mail downloaded, and halfway through my blogroll at the coffee bar 2 blocks off campus. Naturally the wireless is not very heavily used, and I'm sure the IT department will use that as an excuse to deactivate it "for security", which will enable them to get what they wanted anyway.<br/><br/>Oh no, I'm not bitter, just...irritated at bureaucracy. *nods* my institution just GOT wireless earlier this apring after nagging the IT department for over a year. It finally took an annoyed regent who couldn’t check his email during a meeting at the library to make it happen. The we got it, but they were so freaked about secutiry that they make everyone download some asinine client software that takes 10 steps to set up and another 7 just to get logged in each time.

After being TRAINED on the procedure, I brought my laptop to work to see how long it took me to set up and get in. Took about 10 minutes, which would have had me logged in, mail downloaded, and halfway through my blogroll at the coffee bar 2 blocks off campus. Naturally the wireless is not very heavily used, and I’m sure the IT department will use that as an excuse to deactivate it “for security”, which will enable them to get what they wanted anyway.

Oh no, I’m not bitter, just…irritated at bureaucracy.

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