Newsgroups: bit.listserv.circplus
Date:         Wed, 11 Nov 1992 13:21:27 -0700
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From:         Stuart Milligan <MILLIGAN@BROCK1P.BITNET>
Subject:      Library cards and dogs

------------------Arlene's comment and question------------------
Subject:      Library Cards

          Breaking old habits is not easy!!

          Our Circulation Staff is having difficulty enforcing a new
          policy - which consists of not keeping students and faculty
          library cards on file anymore.

          Any suggestions on how to get students/faculty to carry and
          present their library cards when checking out materials?
---------------------end of Arlene's message---------------------

++++++++++++++++++++++Milligan's response++++++++++++++++++++++++
COROLLARY QUESTION:  How do you keep your dog from depositing unwanted matter
on your neighbor's yard?  Simple, you put up good fences, or, in the
interests of the natural environment, you install an electric system around
the perimeter of your property so that bowwow gets a little adrenalin pump
each time he wanders outside his intended boundaries.  Perhaps students and
teachers should get a jolt or two every time they leave the house or dorm
without their library/campus ID Card.  Think about that one for a moment.
You might get a bit of pleasure from the thought.

Well, in the 20+ years I've been in the profession, I haven't seen any letup
in this matter.  We have a firm "no ID card, no loany" policy, but that hasn't
stopped them from making us feel like ogres when we attempt to enforce the
policy.  It's our fault they left their library card in the ATM machine on
the other side of town.

COROLLARY TO THE COROLLARY QUESTION:  How do you control diarrhea?  We live
in a messy world, I'm afraid.  Perhaps the day for embedding barcodes in
everyones forehead or palm will alleviate this daily headache.  I must
confess that I like the shock treatment idea along with a recorded message
"you dummy, you forgot your library card - go back three squares and collect
it before proceeding."

Sorry for the slight sarcasm.  A la style of Rusty. . .
+++++++++++++++++++++end of Milligan's playfulness+++++++++++++++++++

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