"I am not pining for the old days of the library as a place for silent
and rigorous contemplation."
I am. And I don't think I'm alone - don't surveys with users in college
libraries often show that they appreciate this aspect of the library?
Good thing to, because we need to go somewhere:
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2009/12/were-always-multitasking-and-tha
ts-the-problem/
This is not to say that something like the stuff we see at Carlton
necessarily needs to be disallowed though (but the slippery slope... : )
)
Regards,
Nathan Rinne
Media Cataloging Technician
Educational Service Center
11200 93rd Avenue North
Maple Grove MN. 55369
Email: rinnen_at_district279.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
[mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Eric Lease Morgan
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:27 AM
To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] The Library of the Future [dances and games]
On Dec 11, 2009, at 9:56 AM, Jimmy Ghaphery wrote:
> I am not pining for the old days of the library as a place for silent
> and rigorous contemplation, but do think there is a connection beyond
> those crazy kids dancing in the library these days and the direction
of
> the catalog.
While we here at Notre Dame have yet to have a dance in our facility, we
have sponsored "Game Night" during study times. See a copy of the
reference department newsletter:
http://www.library.nd.edu/reference/documents/IRIS_Winter_2008_news-3.pd
f
Kudos go to Sherri Jones, Leslie Morgan, and Felicia Smith here at Notre
Dame for making it happen, and I think it will be happening sometime
soon.
Just like the question, "What is the catalog?", the question "What is a
library?" is apropos.
--
Eric Lease Morgan
University of Notre Dame
(574) 631-8604
Received on Fri Dec 11 2009 - 10:35:20 EST