Dobbs, Aaron wrote:
> 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
> :-)'
>
>
I like this. What's the worst that can happen? Maybe having to hire a
painter to paint over the graffiti? It needed that anyway.
Edward
>> -----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 - 10:53:43 EST