Libraries should abandon their stuffy old reference desks and seek more creative ways to reach their patrons. Who needs a reference desk when you can have roving librarians wearing “info vests,” riding a “biblio buggy,” or working from a “rolling reference ‘un-desk’”? (Can’t afford a biblio buggy, try the “biblio buggy lite.”)
Ask the readers: How would you reinvent the reference desk at your library?
Friday, June 03, 2011
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Everyone who asks a question at the Reference Desk will get answers in the form of a QR Code!
http://qrcode.kaywa.com/
2 weeks ago I staffed the reference desk from home in my pajamas. Libraryh3lp for the win!
use the desk area as a mini gym and get a workout while working the desk. use books for weights, do pushups against any flat surface, hold on to library carts for squats and leg lifts. patrons won't mind as long as they get what they need between sets.
I would hire new librarians who actually want to *gasp* help patrons.
I would get rid of the desk and get Geoff the robot skeleton from the Craig Ferguson show to replace it. And for back up when his answer of "in your pants" doesn't cut it - an ipad with access to only Skype so they could ask a real library peron.....who could be lounging at home drinking martinis while working.
Reinvent the desk as a "search command centre"?
http://cubeme.com/blog/2010/09/16/library-desk-made-of-books/
spammy links
installing a beer tap
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