tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post811844220505619353..comments2024-03-26T17:48:13.000-07:00Comments on The Clerk Manifesto: Upside downFeldenstein Calypsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04896259011478481374noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-89951639942961474992021-02-24T12:31:32.478-08:002021-02-24T12:31:32.478-08:00Shelving the books to match the marker only makes ...Shelving the books to match the marker only makes sense.Librariennenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1982462977744808678.post-89398930214130620752021-02-21T13:11:26.145-08:002021-02-21T13:11:26.145-08:00Oh, I do empathize with this one! I haven't ha...Oh, I do empathize with this one! I haven't had quite the same exprience, but close enough. And I do not deal with such issues with the grace that you have shown. <br /><br />Of course I never worked at the same place as long as you have.<br /><br />And I don't think I have the nerve to shelve books upside down. [Did you really? I hope so!]<br /><br />BTW, my local library has a different approach to curbside pick-up of reserves. First, I get an email saying that a request is in. Then I have to schedule a pick-up time, using a program that seems to be designed for, say, a ticket for a performance. So I choose my 15-minute segment. I show up at the library at the correct time, give or take a bit. The staff will be sitting at a table inside the main door with a couple or carts of books with tags; multiple books for the same patron are bound with big rubber bands. At this point they are already checked out.<br />I present my library card, they hand over my books. They are behind a plexiglass barrier of course, and the clever thing they have done is put a mic/speaker on the plexiglass, so the parties can hear each other. But patrons never set foot in the library. The 15-minute intervals don't seem too important; they mainly serve to determine which cart(s) need to be near the door for a given 2-hour period.<br /><br />That's right. They are open 9-11, 12-2, and 3-5, which made more sense when they needed the intervals for cleaning beteen batches of patrons inside. Library Loggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305782876201076334noreply@blogger.com