tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post2872321468989174084..comments2023-10-22T09:51:13.361-04:00Comments on The YU Vent: Medium Sized, Somewhat Friendly Giant: A Library UpdateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-24958029474096856462007-12-20T22:55:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:55:00.000-05:00Make insure, ensure. Should have proofread that.Make insure, ensure. Should have proofread that.Jesse A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02915374000225534617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-44320363494140311022007-12-20T22:53:00.000-05:002007-12-20T22:53:00.000-05:00Ben, Great job getting something done here. I t...Ben,<BR/> Great job getting something done here. I think, though, that the problems you're focusing on are largely cosmetic, and that the library has larger issues. I'm new to YU, so maybe I've just had some bad experiences, but the YU library system is missing two services which are essential to any functioning research library. The first is the ability to request a book, so that if it's out it will be put on hold for you as soon as it gets in. The second, and much more significant problem, is the ability to recall books, and to penalize people, especially faculty members, who don't return them. For example, if somebody has renewed a book twice, you should be able to recall it, and if not, the fines should go up. Hell, I was once looking for a book I needed, which the library owns. It was due 2 and a half years ago, but it was checked out by a faculty member, so I was told that there was nothing the library could do. As nice as the changes you're looking for are, they don't speak to the fundamental services the library is supposed to provide. Too often the library owns the books you're looking for, but has no way to insure that they are easily accessible to students. This is the larger problem. (Whew... that was a vent. Sorry if it came off as knocking what you accomplished, which I think is tremendous. Nor do I want to attack the staff, who I find very helpful. But the library has far more fundamental problems than floor numbering and a new acquisitions section.)Jesse A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02915374000225534617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-72447644442028927842007-12-20T12:28:00.000-05:002007-12-20T12:28:00.000-05:00I think you should do a rogue bookshelf labeling b...I think you should do a rogue bookshelf labeling beta test. Write down one or two general topics contained in each stack (at least for one section of the library), print them up on index cards, and one night just tape them up at the end of each shelf. With any luck, the library will get positive feedback about it and expand on it themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-31723637786734678982007-12-20T01:31:00.000-05:002007-12-20T01:31:00.000-05:00Great Job!Thanks for putting in all the effort!Great Job!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for putting in all the effort!Tzvi Feifelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11606393839080353147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-23804412909534496122007-12-19T23:00:00.000-05:002007-12-19T23:00:00.000-05:00Ok, that had a typo in it.Repost!To solve the penc...Ok, that had a typo in it.<BR/>Repost!<BR/><BR/>To solve the pencil problem, why not put in those immovable pens, you know, with the stuck-on base and a string connecting it to a pen like those found in post offices and banks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-48438437217485725952007-12-19T22:59:00.000-05:002007-12-19T22:59:00.000-05:00To solve the pencil problem, why not put in those ...To solve the pencil problem, why not put in those immovable pens, you with the stuck-on base and a string connecting it to a pen like those found in post offices and banks?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9006360582862319640.post-91473782943252587032007-12-19T19:58:00.000-05:002007-12-19T19:58:00.000-05:00congratulations ben you've gone and accomplished (...congratulations ben you've gone and accomplished (or attempted to) something proactive to fix the YU experience, I see the overpowering sense of apathy that pervades the YU campus has not affected you. Now if only more students, and more importantly faculty, took such an initiative this place might actually start to resemble a real university, and not the sycophantic slumbering bureaucratic mess that it is today<BR/><BR/>-EthanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com