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Sadly, my home library has not changed its policy about new books :-( Since I won't be in the library on December 21, I didn't even bother browsing.

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mstephens7 says:

:-(
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

leeleblanc says:

geez.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Travelin' Librarian says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Library Signage, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

lib_rachel says:

I never even stop by that display, it just makes me mad...
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

mstephens7 says:

Rachel - that might be what a lot of patrons think!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

caterwaul01 says:

Wait - you mean they put the books in a case and tell you to reserve them for later? No one can even read them now? Is that really what is happening? What the heck?
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

The Shifted Librarian says:

Sadly, they're not even in a case. They're right there on open shelves. You can actually hold the books, but you can't check them out. You can even take them up to the circulation desk, where you'll be told you can't check them out. It totally sets up the staff to refuse service to patrons.

Sigh.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

mstephens7 says:

I actually thought they were in a case too... out in the open does make it worse. This would be a perfect group discussion question in class.

I agree: Sigh.
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

phoebe.terry says:

I have been in the library profession for 17 years and never seen anything like this!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

mstephens7 says:

This astounds me Phoebe... I need to take a class there on a field trip and then discuss the creation of user-centered policies!
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

The Shifted Librarian says:

Interesting idea, Michael. In all fairness, they think this *is* a user-centered policy, which it could be for someone who can come to the library every week and who doesn't mind waiting for something that is already sitting on the shelf. I think they honestly have no idea what it's like for patrons like me who don't or can't physically walk in the building twice for one book.

I'm guessing that on some level, even if its subconscious, they think they're favoring the people who use them the most, maybe even believing these are their greatest supporters. But as the recent OCLC report shows, that would be a mistaken assumption. And if they truly thought this was a good policy, it would apply across the board to every new title (DVDs, YA, children's books, etc.). I still don't understand how they can justify this for one class of items. :-(
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

Edward Vielmetti says:

So sad. It's the opposite of the experience I have in Ann Arbor, where new books are added to the catalog when they are acquired but before they hit the shelves, and with a little bit of easily coached feed reading you can get e.g. a steady stream of new knitting books and be near the front of the line for each.
Posted 16 months ago. ( permalink )

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