Teresa, I have work study students patrolling my library at night, they're CJ majors and gaining experience. Nothing happens and they've got instructions to call for back-up if something does happen. Real officers will be there in an instant.
In over a quarter of a century in academic librarianship I've never seen anything like this complete and total over-reaction by the police. In every case I've seen of disruptive patron conduct the police have worked to diffuse the situation, not make it worse. While I can see the need for IDs after 11 at some urban institutions, there should and are other ways to verify enrollment at the institution besides the ID.
Well I rather liked this song in the original, but this has to be seen to be believed. Thanks TNH for slogging through the internet to find these things for us!
I'd prefer not to be in a KSR novel run by a GWB administration. We just saw what that looked like last weekend, didn't we?*
*(Patrick and I just got back from the American Library Association conference in New Orleans. These people are still in a world of hurt and need our help.)
I often get my newphew and niece advanced reading copies from library trade shows and my niece, upon finishing a chapter book, inquired of her mother, "Will the next one be out soon?" She was informed that this one wasn't even out yet, that her Aunt Cathy had magical properties that led books to leap into their mailbox before the publication date.
Graphic novels are becoming quite the thing now, look forward to seeing this one.
So Patrick, you might want to talk with your local library. The news in the trade press today is that Brooklyn PL just reclassed their copies as fiction.
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