On 9/14/07, Tim Spalding <tim_at_librarything.com> wrote:
> It seems to me this would be a service—check out a book before you get
> it. But I could imagine it would also touch a nerve.
I'd like this (and have certainly experimented with Project Gutenberg
records), but (and this might be obvious) you'd want to build it so
that it can be selectively disabled.
It surprised me at first, but some libraries don't actually want
patrons spending too much time on "catalog-only" workstations, and
they'll lock them down to prevent general internet browsing. The
rationale is that those stations are a limited resource, and they want
as many patrons to have access to them for the immediate need of
finding resources in the stacks. They'll have other workstations
dedicated to Internet and under the control of some time management
software. On those, you'd want to expose all the online resources you
can.
-- Jason
http:://esilibrary.com/
Received on Fri Sep 14 2007 - 10:45:02 EDT