tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post109776479656423392..comments2022-11-01T05:29:38.200-04:00Comments on The Surly Librarian: Can I go home now? (Case #4)Mike Shellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09148645657798684705noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-53139222590295768052009-06-16T13:39:32.731-04:002009-06-16T13:39:32.731-04:00Karen, Thanks for your comment.
I cringed when I ...Karen, Thanks for your comment.<br /><br />I cringed when I first had to call them "customers," partly because I could see where this was going:<br /><br />Commodification of what should be a human information exchange <i>process</i>, as if it were instead a <i>thing</i> which we could just hand out, without the "customers" needing to have any notion of how the thing was Mike Shellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09148645657798684705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-17338699888472699202009-06-15T18:27:59.891-04:002009-06-15T18:27:59.891-04:00I date from the era when we did call them "pa...I date from the era when we did call them "patrons." I don't think I could stomach the term "customers." (sigh)<br /><br />As with anything else, you are going to get maybe 5% who are worth the powder and shot. The other 95% fall under Sturgeon's Law. "Ninety-five percent of science fiction is crud," science-fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon is quoted as Karen Packard Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641711434283636830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-36781175107076437322009-04-23T19:09:00.000-04:002009-04-23T19:09:00.000-04:00I work in an academic library and I'm flippin' bur...I work in an academic library and I'm flippin' burgers. Can't be helped; give 'em what they want. That said, the old ALA promotional bookmark that says Libraries Change Lives always brings a tear to my eye.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879897080223964405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-21918638880477599822009-03-25T15:22:00.000-04:002009-03-25T15:22:00.000-04:00The ones that stand out for me are the ones that h...The ones that stand out for me are the ones that have actually had life altering experiences: one found her calling and she went to law school; one had his life prolonged by my helping him find a cancer treatment center; one found his dad. <BR/><BR/>The rest are a tidal wave of indifference that has made me realize I’m an optimist: I am always surprised at how indifferent they are to learning andAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1159847295230190356.post-58477539503486129082009-03-25T14:01:00.000-04:002009-03-25T14:01:00.000-04:00I love it! You need to be a writer! Linda E.I love it! You need to be a writer! Linda E.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com