tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post114393867684637606..comments2023-06-29T01:34:47.417+10:00Comments on Val has her say: Mrs Zen in her cosy libraryValhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04456736523331076619noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post-1144100972946900802006-04-04T07:49:00.000+10:002006-04-04T07:49:00.000+10:00Last school year we went for months with a network...Last school year we went for months with a network problem before the 'techies' figured out what it was and were able to finally fix it. Our library computer(s) (and all the others) was down more than up, and oh, what a pain having to write down all the book numbers (and enter them into the computer later)....it was so much slower! And this is just a small elementary school library. No wonder MrsKerrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18362584475435433892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post-1143972249398878602006-04-02T20:04:00.000+10:002006-04-02T20:04:00.000+10:00Oh dear, why is the computer networks IT people AL...Oh dear, why is the computer networks IT people ALWAYS forget the library! "Lets do it at the weekend, it wont affect anyone" Hummpphh. I know exactly how you feel Val. My sympathies. Sounds as if you handled it really well. Librarians rule, yay!<BR/><BR/>I will ask you offline all the techie questions like "how does Millennium backup cope?"! (we have our next set of four training days starting Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04743788129921238096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post-1143952867543679252006-04-02T14:41:00.000+10:002006-04-02T14:41:00.000+10:00Unfortunately, most of the queries were for books ...Unfortunately, most of the queries were for books outside the humanities areas. I do know the call numbers for a few sections in literature, linguistics, history, etc. But these days students want to be sent to the exact number, and fair enough, with over a million books in the collection.<BR/><BR/>The card catalogue was thrown out in the early 90s. I too would not like to be without computers Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04456736523331076619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post-1143951811357961962006-04-02T14:23:00.000+10:002006-04-02T14:23:00.000+10:00Sounds nightmarish. Knowing a few favourite call ...Sounds nightmarish. Knowing a few favourite call numbers off by heart is useful sometimes. <BR/><BR/>Is there some kind of non-electronic backup of the catalogue?lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619869.post-1143947611197238462006-04-02T13:13:00.000+10:002006-04-02T13:13:00.000+10:00Many years ago when I worked in a library checkin...Many years ago when I worked in a library checking out was done on cards. If you wanted to know if a book was stocked, you went to the card catalog, then checked the shelf.<BR/>Now we are all so attached to the internet. Good thing or not?<BR/>(I sure don't want to give up my internet!)Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00024132046092264711noreply@blogger.com