I dunno, the Potsdam library director would possibly go for it :)
Check out their Graffiti Your Library FF thread & the linked pictures:
http://friendfeed.com/jenica/183d8a2b/it-time-for-day-2-of-graffiti-your-library-head
-Aaron
:-)'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Next generation catalogs for libraries
> [mailto:NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Rinne, Nathan (ESC)
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 10:38 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] The Library of the Future
>
> Here, here (to Jim's whole post).
>
> I've often thought that libraries - places where ideas flourish and
> live
> - should host "Friday night fights" - i.e. debates (civil and according
> to strict rules) between professors from the university... surrounded
> by
> books...
>
> Would people fight for ringside seats? Food and drinks would be
> allowed
> of course.
>
> My silly ideas. You can tell I'm not a library director.
>
> 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 Weinheimer Jim
> Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 9:30 AM
> To: NGC4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
> Subject: Re: [NGC4LIB] The Library of the Future
>
> Jimmy Ghaphery wrote:
> <snip>
> 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.
> </snip>
>
> I am pining for those old days. In so many ways, I remember the library
> as a place where I could find peace, and where there great minds who
> were never demanding but were there when I wanted and needed them. In
> many ways, I have always felt it was in a library where I really became
> a human being. (thoughts on a a reflective Friday)
>
> I remember that in my research in the history of the Princeton Library,
> I ran across a story in the student newspaper of the 1880s or so, that
> mentioned that the librarian (who looked like a whaling captain, by the
> way!), ended up literally *throwing* two students out of the library
> because they were arguing too loudly about predestination!
>
> I guess those days are gone.
>
> James L. Weinheimer j.weinheimer_at_aur.edu
> Director of Library and Information Services
> The American University of Rome
> Rome, Italy
Received on Fri Dec 11 2009 - 10:47:04 EST