Improbable Research, in concert with our friends & colleagues at the Museum Of Bad Art (MOBA), is cooking up some events for libraries. If you work at a library that provides events for your community, may I hit you up for some advice? You can reach me at marc@improbablecom.wpcomstaging.com
Tag: library
The case of toilet management in a French academic library
A look at how a library manages to manage the facilities that help library users manage their bowels will likely enliven the 5th annual international User Experience in Libraries conference, or UXLibsV. The conference will take place at Royal Holloway [pictured below], University of London, on 17-19 June 2019. The session to be sure to […]
10 tips that media library specialists are advised to not follow
What can be done about the troublesome numbers of overdue library books? A set of strategies (10 in number) is provided by Bacon, Pamela S. in the journal Library Media Connection. For example: • ‘Never allow students to renew a book’ • ‘No matter what the question . . . always say no first’ • […]
The Benefits of a Lending Library for Female Urinals
Libraries can have many benefits. This paper outlines one: “The Benefits of a Lending Library for Female Urinals,” Julie Vickerman, Nursing Times, vol. 99, no. 44, 2002, pp. 56-57. The author is at the Chorley and South Ribble Primary Care Trust, Lancashire, UK. Here’s detail from the paper:
