http://yestoknow.com/2007/02/10/wheres-is-the-point/ Libraries, Learning, Life--how they converge Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:39:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://yestoknow.com/2007/02/10/wheres-is-the-point/#comment-22 Wed, 04 Apr 2007 13:21:00 +0000 http://yestoknow.wordpress.com/2007/02/10/wheres-is-the-point/#comment-22 What? Get rid of the mini pencils? Blasphemy! What if I want to play a round of mini golf in the stacks? Actually, I have never really given much thought to those little yellow pencils. After all, they’re there, so why not use them? So use them I do, once, and then throw them away. Much like a kleenex. Now I wonder can the library really afford to buy these little pencils? Apparently so. I just know that there is a better use for the thousands of dollars spent on them. It’s interesteing what we hold on to. We have gotten rid of card catalouges and stamping dates on the backs of books, yet we hand our patrons slips of paper and little pencils in this digital age. Now, I’m not suggesting we pass out Think Pads to our patrons. However it sometimes feels like we make two steps of progress and them take three steps back. I know that we will not change overnight and we have made great progress. To be fair, I don’t think my library has the mini pencils. I love the idea of having give away pens with our logo on it, or a good quote from a book. Or use the extra cash to buy more computers/ printers. I do get your point, and I applaud it.

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