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I love this groovy song! Every time I listen to it (and I listen to this a lot) I find myself bobbing in every direction possible. Still a little weirded out by the excessive walking in the MV but TOOOOOTALLY looking forward to watching them live in Singapore! Maybe I'll get to smash a few things during the song like they did too, haha. But seriously, thank God they weren't all dating the same girl. That always freaks me out.
I am very happy that CN Blue is back. Love this song! <3 :D
Woooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!! GO MY BOYS..! FIGHTING !! :">
Love You Forever ~ <3 :*
WHAT THE?! What happen to CNBLUE on the K-Pop charts? Come on you guys this is one of my favorite songs of CNBLUE and don't say it isn't yours either! Come on!!! VOTE!!!! (>0<)/
Please make a Music Monday for CNBLUE i really do think they deserve it, they are one of the best Korean Groups ever- not just from my perspective but from others too.
I believe that their music is really original and deserves at least one.
Plus they always compose their songs their lyrics come from them.
(From my point of view their songs are not Kpop but more Rock Pop so this would really mean a lot!)
Thank You!
This is so disappointing… we fought hard, though. Good job, everybody!!
There's always the chance S&M may nominate it for the Music Monday that Should've Been for the EYKAs. :( But it's still sad.
I hope they release something else this year… then we'll have to fight twice as hard!
We love you CNBlue, we're sorry we couldn't get you reviewed. We'll try harder. TT_TT
It's over, this song received the 25days death sentence in the Kpop Charts. I am a very dissapointed bluenicorn :'(
PEOPLE LETS GET THIS IN THE TOP 3!!!!! sorry for the screaming all caps.. but we held it there for so long T_T..
*sigh* We'll make it for the next video they make or the next album I guess :(
Odds seem pretty good that the next song might be Coffee Shop, but that's only if they decide to release another song off this album.
I am really hoping this gets reviewed….I am afraid with the new system its just gonna be left out. It has over 30,000 votes….HOW CAN IT NOT BE REVIEWED! lol Such a good song and deserves its spot on the chart. Give CNBLUE some love EYK!
I love this music video, I love how it set in England, it shows how kpop is realising how big international fans are and that's a good thing. I really think CN Blue have stepped in up with this song and have really improved since Hey You.
I don't know if this only happens to me, but many times in kpop I find myself wanting to buy clothes/acessories used by boy groups o.o. Normally that doesn't happen with CNBLUE, but I just loved their bracelets and necklaces! Is it just me? It's so fashionable :D!!
Sent out emails … I'm hoping something rallying Boice to vote will show up on the forums/newsites. :(
Even if they don't come, try commenting and replying!! Each comment = 1 vote!! So fighting~!!
Raise your hand who wants to get this song reviewed sooooooooooooooo bad because:
1. It's a song composed by the band;
2. because it's an awesome band with talented musicians;
3. it was filmed in London;
4. Thefilming and editing is beautiful;
5. S&M can have fun with the plot;
6. Because CNBLUE never got reviewed and we want to know what S&M think of them!!!!
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No, I think you've got it all~
I get sad every single day when I come on here and see we're slipping!
I guess, because of how the system works, the older a song is, even if it has more views and comments, it'll begin to slip down the charts.
But it's still an amazing song and the album is amazing, too. I know I've personally bought it twice– once with the normal edition, and a second time with the limited edition version! Has anyone else bought a copy or two for themselves? (Are we allowed to talk about the album itself, here? Does it count? LOL.)
I'm not sure if it counts or not, but it probably does, the rest of the comment has to do with the MV ^^.
I get sad too. I hope S&M can at least talk about them on a K Crunch Cocktail!
Didn't get to buy the album YET. I saw only the cover of the limited edition and the editing was beautiful (the boys did a great work!).
It's dropping
Oh no .(
Super sad this is slipping down the charts even though it was within the top 2 for the last 2 weeks :( Looks like we'll be side stepping this for KMM
Don't give up just yet! Yesterday it dropped to the 6th place, but managed to return to 5th. If we increase the comments we can increase the points and get them back in the Top 3!! But becareful to talk about the video. Otherwise your comment won't count any points.
What was your favorite part in this MV?
Even though Yong is my bias, I really loved MinHyuk's part where he got super angry XD What about u?
Minhyuk's angry scene was the best of the bunch. I really think MH is probably the best actor of the four, and I'd put YH as second. I haven't seen Jungshinnie's acting, just yet, but A Gentleman's Dignity is one of my favorites!
They really are all good actors, so having them act in a video was a good idea.
CNBlue is so multi-talented!
AH! Tough question! Hm in terms of story I liked YH, JS and then MH. Not that I didn't like JH, but I had to assume a story for him, so I place his plot in 4th :P. Still I think my fav part was YH. Before I thought the call at the beginning was werid. But later I came to like it. It's a detail, but it made all the difference to me :).
I got a shock when I saw MH! I thought "The shy and sweet baby maknae can act this angered scenes? Cool!!". It was a good surprise for me ^^.
What did you think about JS rose scene?
The dramatic moment when he lets go of his love feelings… that scene was well done! :)
The scene with Minhyuk fighting with that guy really shock me to! I never tought they would do that kind of scene with him! I really think in fact that this is a good thing, because he step out that cute shy image we nearly all have of him. I think it's awesome that we can see an other face of him, not just that cute image. The other have good plot to, personnaly I like the part of JongHynun and that image of that struggle artiste. :P I really can't choose a favorite part… I like Yonghwa and Jungshin part to… aahhh can't choose…
That's true, that it's not enough to get out that cute image he have…but I think that if he continue like that he won't have that cute image anymore and will become like Tea-MAN. XD
True, I believe they did really well pulling out the members acting skill in this MV. Last year was a drama year for JH, JS and MH, and slowly we can see many sides/talents they have!
This is awful, I'm shocked, we must keep fighting. I have spent everyday since the song came on the charts voting and I don't plan on stopping till they get a KMM. CN Blue fans I know you have it in you, vote as hard and as fast as you can to get them into the top 3, CN Blue have worked so had, it's time we give them the KMM they deserves, CN Blue fans fighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FIGHTING!! Yes, let's increase their points and get them back to the Top 3! It's been almost 4 weeks now, but all the videos that got out at the same time and wasn't reviewed are no longer in the Top 10!! So yes, we can do it XD!!!
Btw, I have the feeling that only I liked JS and YH new hair. I know it took sometime to get used, but after seeing their live performance I thought it suited them. What do you think?
I don't really care about their hair color or their haircut… It's true that at first it was really a shock to see their new haircut, but I kinda like it right now. The only thing I don't wanna see is them having blue or purple hair or any other kind of color like those.. It would be really really hard not to care about there hair color.. Those kind of colors don't go to everyone
Whaaaaaaattttt??? He dropped to 5th!!!! ohhhh nooo –Bluenicorn in obsessive mode ON–
In true it dropped to 6th and got up to 5th! Keep working hard mate! We need all the bluenicorns energy on this thread to at least caught S&M attention!!
It's in 7 now, I am so sad…
I think it's because the reviewed MVs were still there. They don't count, we are still in fifth! Fighting!
i don't think that having only the attention of S&M will help the song to be reviewed if it's not voted in.. :( Maybe for a next release, but it will probaly take a while since they will do a world tour (Hope they come in Canada near where i live so I can go to there concert!)
Oh so you are from Canada? Hm, CNBLUE promotes on Korea and Japan. So after this promotion, I think they'll concentrate on their Japanese album. Btw, their I really love their Japanese MVs!!
Actually, it's been announced CNBlue will be going on a world tour. It's very likely they'll make stops in Canada and US, and likely return to the UK as well! :D
I hope they come to Canada. I live in BC about an hour's flying time away from Vancouver so maybe if they go to Vancouver and the date works for me I could go! All they've said so far is they will go to North America. When Big Bang said North America they only meant the United States. I hope FNC know there is more than one country in North America and hasn't got my hopes up for no reason.
Me I hope they come at least in Toronto or even in New York I can still manage to go there, but I don't think they will come in QC… :( I really hope they know there's not only one country in north America and that they know that those country are really big so they will do many concert in different place!
I know exactly how you feel. Everytime they say they'll go to South America they only go to one or two countries _ _". I feel sad.
It was so close to being reviews, only to get beaten last minute by BOA. Not that I don't like her, but I would have loved for Simon and Martina to review this video instead. We need to fight to get this back to no. 1
Seriously, how can CNBLUE "I'm sorry" album get first place on the US Billboard chart (and that's EPIC) and this video don't get voted for a KMM. The world is trolling me o.o.
It was really in the first place on the US billboard chart?? I didn't know! that's awesome really! I wonder why they aren't higher in the kpop chart!
Not the song but the album sales! YES IT IS EPIC!! All of the songs where composed mainly by the members, and the fot first place in the Billboard!! That's really like a dream come true for them!! That's why I can't understand why such a successful band never gets a KMM! But they are not the only ones that got ignored in the kpopcharts.
That's just the more reason why we should get them reviewed!! Come on, it's their 4th week already and they are still in the Top 10! We can make it to Top 3!! Fighting :D!!
Really! that's a shame they never get reviewed when there doing so well! They fought for so long that'S the first time I think that they stay in the top 10 of the kpop chart for so long! And that song is so good and there album is doing so well every where else why it's not higher right now? It's really should! Sometimes I don't understand the person who vote here i've seen a lot of really good song who wasn't reviewed and I wish that won't happen with this song! :(
No! Why is it in 8th place now?? We have to keep voting BOICES! Please vote everyday and share it on facebook, google plus, and twitter! :D
So sad, this is a great song!!
When I got up this morning this song was in third place… now it's fallen all the way to sixth? It's really sad! It's an amazing song and it's been in or around the top 3 since it was released, so to see it drop so far out of the rankings due to decay after going so strong as long as it did is just depressing. This song is amazing and definitely deserves to be reviewed. I know I'll keep voting and doing whatever I can to get it back in the top three. BOICE, fighting!
You are right ;)! Let's try increasing the comments! Is there an specific part or thing you want S&M to comment? I would really like them to comment about the scenery and plot.
The plot, and, honestly, the composition of the song itself. I'm really interested to know what they think of it, since Yonghwa wrote and composed it himself. I know the guys (CNBlue) are really proud to be promoting this song, since it's something that came from one of them. There are a lot of talented artists (like BoA, as mentioned in the most recently KMM!) who write a lot of their own material, and it's sad to see them get overlooked. I love other groups that are geared toward dancing just as much as the next K-Pop fan, but bands like FTIsland and CNBlue just have something special about them that the more popular idol groups just don't seem to have! So I'd like to hear their commentary on that.
Also, the video itself could make for a reeeeally fun review, I can see Simon and Martina having some fun with the plotlines, especially since some of them don't make as much sense without understanding the context (I had no idea what was happening in Jonghyun's scene until I watched the BTS and realized he was being told to leave by the police officers!)
There's definitely a lot to appreciate here! This was a strong comeback for them almost everywhere but here on EYK, and it saddens me!
I think they could have a lot of fun reviewing this too :). Yep, I agree, although the plot is not random, you don't get it just by following it. I understood that JH was being told to leave, and that MH got into a fight, but what it has to do with breaking up a relationship it is not clear. You have to assume that they must have broke up with their gf and that those are their reactions to it.
True!! I reaaaaaally want to hear their opinion about the song. CNBLUE worked really hard on this album and thankfully it's being received with lots of love! I'm sad too that people are not voting for them on eyk. Simon hinted that he liked "I'm Sorry". Even so, they have to comment so we can know their thoughts :)!
Personally it just seems to me like the guys are going through their own forms of 'mourning' the relationships– for MH and JH especially this seems pretty accurate. MH goes drinking (and gets into a bar fight accidentally), JH decides to play guitar only to be told off for panhandling (adding fuel to the "fire" of his frustration, so to speak). YH goes for a walk to clear his head after receiving the break-up message from his girlfriend and JS and his girlfriend break up /during/ the video rather than before it. So it seems they're all in different stages of heartbreak as well as different emotions dealing with heartbreak. For YH it seems to be disbelief and despondency, for JH and MH it's escapism and then rage, and for JS it's rage and then reflection.
Not to read too much into it, of course. I know how S&M feel about symbolism, haha.
The scenes are definitely not random, it was just that I didn't understand exactly what they were trying to portray until I saw the BTS video. I thought, "what does this have to do with breaking up with your girlfriend?" in Jonghyun's case, but as it turns out, he could very well simply have been trying to blow off some steam with music, only to be told to stop and go away.
It's definitely not a video that's hard to understand, but for me, the split-second missing scene was the key to understanding. I'll be the first to admit most videos don't make sense to me the first or second time, but this one came more easily to me than the other ones I've had a revelation about!
Still hoping to see these guys back in the top 3. Keep voting, promoing and viewing, everyone!!
This video story was simple and manage to get across it's message. It was not a video filled with to much info or lacking to much info. I really liked they did it that way. When they said they were filming in London I worried a lil (past kpop experiences). In the MV they were not forcefully interacting with other people, nor were isolated. The story gave the feeling of 4 boys/friends leaving in the same city passing by heartbreak moments and reacting differentely. I'm thankful they did it that way :). The result was beautiful!
Hm… not that I'm an specialist, but as far as I know how a man brain works, when they are dumped/troubled they don't go to their friends first (if there is any boy hear, please correct me if I'm wrong).
A man only tell another man a problem if he believes that man can help him fix it. And they only speak about their love problems with a friend if by chance they meet up and the friend ask him, otherwise they'll sulk alone for a while. That's why I thought the meeting up on the street, while walking to forget their frustation, after isolating themselves for a while, made sense :).
If they had fought with a gf because of a friend… Because the song talks about a girl saying sorry 'cause her feelings wasn't sincere, I believe they are frustrated/angered with the break up and the way the girl played with heir hearts :(. And yes, the objects thrown on the floor seems to remind them of the bond they had with their gfs (phone, pick, handkerchief and rose), and letting it go and moving on is something they have in common. Still I'm just guessing here :).
Well, they are like brothers, you have a point. Still I never saw a guy talking much about broke ups. Oh, where are the CNBLUE fan boys when we need them XD?! Any boy here show yourself and share your thoughts on this break-up development.
I think that maybe boy will go talk to each others if there clause and
they are really clause in my opinion even if I don't know there
personnal life, I've seen a video once where MinHyuk was saying that if
he had somthing how trouble him or anything like that he would talk about it with JongHyun.. soo I don't know there real relation ship but yeah maybe at least them they will talk about it to each other since they are clause..
Where are the boys when we need them!?!?!
Seriously, this song is doing so well internationally, it's really sad it's not in the kpopcharts. Really hoped to hear S&M opinion about CNBLUE. If they like, dislike, think their videos are good our just random. It's kind of bizarre actually… CNBLUE is a succesful 4 years boy band, why people no vote for them? Specially this video that was filmed in an epic place in London, with a simple yet well made plot that fits the song AND with self composed song.
S&M if you get to read this post, even if you don't review them, can't you speak your thoughts about CNBLUE "I'm sorry" on a K Crunch Cocktail one day, please? Sorry for sounding so sad, but seems like it will be really tough for them to get a KMM.
Let's talk about the mv people. For instance, can anyone make out what the girl is shouting at JungShin? It could give us a hint on what the matter is about. I think she says something like "Get out/get off, please"


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It's 5 now that Dragon Age has been pushed to November and let's face it Project Spark doesn't count. :)
I will say that this is a good thing for the gamers and not really for the companies. You can pick you two most anticipated games and when you are done with those the others will be half price and Steam holiday sales will be knocking.
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Hello Earth to Moon :) DA I and hardlines was pushed back. Follow some news plz :D
Definitely not too many games coming out... Being an RPG fan, I for one am only interested in Dragon Age. The other games coming out, quite possibly would pick up as pre-owned later on.
If current figures are anything to go by, people are very willing right now to spend money on games and I think having a plethora of titles to play is perfect.
I am happy all those "AAA" titles are coming out at the same time. I agree, that they're different enough. However, because money will be tight for a lot of people I can see a lot of different retailers offering various deals, especially on the PC. Heck I've seen price drops on DAI and SoM.
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I'm in the weird position that I really want to play Destiny. I also would really like to play it on PC. IF I should get a PS4 with Destiny, I probably won't get another game till the Witcher 3.
I'm playing Destiny on PS3 for sure, the graphical fidelity and higher res on PS4 isn't enough for me to invest in a new console... And honestly, if they had made it exclusive for next-gen/current-gen consoles, it probably would have been a system seller for me. Been playing the Beta, I think it's a good game. It's just enough Mass Effect-meets-Halo (slightly grindy, but that's to be expected, they certainly aren't fooling anyone, it's definitely an MMO) that I probably won't even buy Dragon Age until it's cheap as a pre-owned game because Destiny will be sucking up so much of my gaming time.
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On April 9, 2009, Wisconsin State Senators Leibham, Lazich, Darling, Grothman, Harsdorf and Schultz introduced Senate Resolution 6 (SR6) to claim "sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S.Constitution"
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Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the peopleâ€; and
Whereas, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the U.S. Constitution and no more; and
Whereas, as the scope of power is defined by the Tenth Amendment, the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and
Whereas, today the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and
Whereas, the legislature has forwarded to the federal government numerous resolutions opposing federal encroachment on state powers but has received no response or result from Congress or the federal government; and
Whereas, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and
Whereas, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992) that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and
Whereas, a number of federal proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the U.S. Constitution; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the senate, That the senate hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the U.S.Constitution; and, be it further
Resolved, That adoption of this resolution does not constitute an application for the calling of a federal Constitutional Convention within the meaning of Article V of the U.S. Constitution; and, be it further
Resolved, That this resolution shall serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of its constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further
Resolved, That the senate chief clerk shall provide copies of this joint resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to the presiding officer of each house of each state legislature of the United States, and to each member of this state's congressional delegation.
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As we grow, we will continue to exercise discipline on expenses as we have for example, by recently consolidating the sales forces of our subsidiaries. We're working hard to continue the positive momentum we achieved in 2011 and Q1 2012 with our ultimate aim to build shareholder value.
Thank you for your time today. I look forward to your questions later on the call. Now let me turn the discussion over to Ned Mavrommatis to detail our financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2011.
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Thank you Jeff, and hello to everyone on the call today. As Jeff noted, revenue in Q1, 2012 increased to $9.8 million, up 25% from $7.8 million in the first quarter a year ago. High margin recurring revenue was $4.2 million, up 4% from $4 million in the corresponding quarter a year ago. Recurring revenue represented 43% of total revenues in Q1 2012, consistent with 2011 when recurring revenue was 42% of total revenue for the year.Our vehicle management business contributed $5.3 million of revenue in Q1 2012, a 35% increase over Q1 2011, while our transportation asset management business contributed $4.5 million, up 17% from the first quarter a year ago. As Jeff mentioned, our gross margins in the first quarter of 2012 remained robust and consistent 50%. SG&A expenses in Q1 2012 were $5.6 million, up 9.5% over Q1 of 2011, but only 1.5% up sequentially compared to Q4 2011. R&D expenses in the first quarter were $1.1 million compared to $906,000 in Q1 2011 and $931,000 in Q4 2011. Excluding stock based compensation and depreciation and amortization, our non-GAAP net loss in Q1 2012 improved to $840,000 or $0.07 per basic and diluted share, compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $852,000 or $0.08 per basic and diluted share in Q1 2011. Read the rest of this transcript for free on seekingalpha.com
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At the subtle and not so subtle suggestions of the assistant director and some other librarians, I have decided to leave the computers down till Monday. Unhappy patrons. Yes. But here's the thing: Friday and Saturday we're half staffed. Friday I won't be in at all, since it's my day off. That leaves me exactly one hour to train the staff on how to use the software tomorrow, and then we're all thrown to the lions.
Better to do it Monday, when I come in. I'll get it up and running, then I'll be there till closing. I'll close, then be there Tuesday morning to show people how to open. And we'll be full staffed, so that we'll all be able to spare the extra five minutes to help a patron having a hard time adjusting.
The assistant director had a good point. I need to have a canned speech ready as to why we implemented this software when patrons complain. I am thinking something like this:
After reviewing our system, it didn't seem like a particularly fair or democratic way of distributing access to people. We require cards because we require cards to check out books, and in all reality, people, when they use the internet, are checking out expensive and sensitive pieces of equipment.
Or something like that.
I think the patrons are going to be bummed when they see what our, er, upgrade was. I heard them say something about hoping it's faster access. Whoops. Well, yeah, in a way.For some people.
There won't be any real sure way to ensure that people only get on in two half hour slots... I am going to have circ record the numbers, so that we can do a visual check, but I fully imagine with human error that things will slip by. But if the same three people show up seven or eight or nine times a day, circ will notice.
Ooooh, cool of cool... I found the part of the software today that controls the language. So I changed the stilty "Put a code here that you will remember" to "Enter your name or unique identifier". It's kind of a tricky thing to change, but didn't seem to fudge anything up. It certainly seems clearer to me.
I need to get in tomorrow to disable ctrl-alt-delete (much thanks to folks at TechReport.com forums). Fortres does it just dandy in Win98, but it doesn't stick for Win2K. And I fear that some crafty patron will discover that by going to Task Manager they can stop the client program from running. If I can't get the entire key combination to disable, then I'll just disable the change password (although you need an administrator password to actually change your password, I believe) and Task Manager. If the silly rabbits log out or shut down, they're only making it obvious they're doing stupid things they shouldn't.
I'm learning to think like a crafty patron. That scares me.
Today is the ending of phase two and the beginning of phase three of the new software installation/implementation. D (documentation) Day. This should be fun. Being a writer in a former life, I like making up sheets on how to use things. It also requires I make some signage, so that people know the exact longitude and latitude to go to to make their reservations. The sign up station is kind of tucked in the corner, which isn't terribly conducive to... well, viewing.
Logically I could move it to where the old word processor was, but then the vending machine would be in an odd place, and I would sort of like to replace the old word processor eventually.
So big signs are in order. I think a trip to the children's room should set me up with some supplies. Perhaps there are some in the supply closet, as well, but they've got fun stuff in the children's room. I wonder where we got the velcro for sticking signs on monitors from...
Any excuse to use velcro is a good excuse to use velcro.
My major experiment today is to see if yesterday's one time use numbers will work today, or if they have to be used the day they are generated. I wouldn't see why they would... But it's always good to check these things before you print out a gazillion of them.
I might also want to revise the rules that display on the screen a little bit. They aren't bad, they're pretty generic (no disks, no sound, no games, no instant messaging, as well as the warning you get exactly thirty minutes), but I don't know if there's anything specific that administration wants put in. I should probably take the rules off the internet policies and place them in there, although those pertained mostly to when we had unfiltered. I should be upfront about the filters, too, come to think of it.
I can't wait for the Mac version of this stuff. Woo hoo!
I do hope the demo period goes well. I think, once patrons adjust to and learn the new system, it will be helpful. I think in the short term it's going to be difficult, yes.
In the long term, though... Well, I hear that people are less likely to fight with machines, especially with the little counter counting down your minutes right at the top of your screen. It will be nice to see some people getting a turn that don't normally get a turn.
The assistant director came to me and said he was glad, actually, that this upgrading process took a few days, since it will get people in the mindset that the rules are changing. Perhaps he's right.
At least, today. We haven't actually used it on the public yet. But you can do such cool things with it... Okay, fine, I admit it. I was logging all the computers in and then sending messages to them. Just because I could. Messages like, "You've been naughty. No computer for you."
I haven't tried a remote reboot. That should be interesting.
The functionality is really quite nice. It requires a little bit of responsibility on the part of the patron, which scares me. Like, the patron is going to have to remember what time they're due to use the computer, because they get about three minutes to sign in, before it goes to the next reservation. It keeps things moving, though, which is important.
I decided to give the Gatekeeper (reservation) software a try. I think initially it will be some work, and I'm going to have to make some placards explaining how to use it (including the exact coordinates of the reservation terminal, which doubles as our print terminal). But I think in the long term it will be less work than having circulation deal with it, especially since the Console doesn't do that great a job at telling you what computers are in use. It lists them as all available, all the time.
I have a few concerns, but we'll have to see how they play out with the public. My biggest is people being confused and missing their reservations. I mean, to me, it couldn't be much clearer. If a computer comes available, check the reservation terminal and see if your name is up. Not real hard. The software developers suggest using numbers, actually, not names, to be more unique. They suggest your phone number. I know there's going to be a bunch of jokesters that come in and all use "69" as their unique number. That's a problem.
People are going to use numbers they can't remember and not notice their reservation numbers, so their reservations will go up for grabs. But I guess we just have to let that happen once or twice. They'll learn. Inevitably, I think my learning curve is about in the middle and the public's has only just begun.
I am going to see if it allows the option of reserving with names tomorrow. That would be nice. But it's a little funny with the whole name thing. Like there aren't a hundred people that sign in as "Jim".
Certain talk show hosts think librarians live to give kids porn. No. Librarians live to take away internet access once in awhile. I got this bizarre sort of pleasure in watching people walk into the library, and look utterly lost when they saw the signs that the computers were out of order. Some actually then went and picked up books. Some just left. Boo.
The upgrade went really well, thanks to a kind soul at OCS who was very patient. I am pleased to announce that reading the manual was nothing like upgrading the server software. But it went smoothly.
Now comes configuring, testing, and working out bugs, and making training materials for staff and patrons. All in a day and a half. Ha! I'd like to thank the disgruntled patron who said, "I'd like to know why it takes three days to stick a disk in a drive..." If he only knew....
If he only knew what was coming. The software is a thing of beauty. I am not so sure about the self reservation software, which I decided to put on just to test and see how it flies. It looks straightforward to me, but I'm not the patron who hasn't read the manuals.
The self reservation will allow a lot more flexibility, and less time on the part of the circ staff, and hopefully, eventually, the librarians.
On our 2K terminals, the desktop resets on login. Beautiful. It makes you agree to the library rules before signing in. Beautiful. It reserves a certain computer specifically for you... so no one can cluster and there and jump on if you stop to tie your shoe or something. Beautiful. Most beautiful of all -- thirty minutes, folks. You get thirty minutes. As counted by our server.
I enabled the option to extend the time if no one is waiting. Hey, I'm not totally heartless.
The only real problem I can forsee is if a computer crashes. Most specifically, I'm worried about our Win98 machine, which sometimes gets senile and requires a reboot. I think the actual clock and timer is kept on the client machine, so the server has no record really of who was on or why the machine was shut down. That might take some finesse to handle that situation.
The senility of the Win98 machine is caused, not only by a whopping 32 MB of system RAM, but by people who click on a million things at once and wonder why things aren't instantaneous. I shouldn't talk, I've crashed that machine once or twice doing that.
On the plus side, the Win98 machine is printing. Yay!
I was so pumped with adrenaline from my successful install (how sad) that I couldn't sleep again last night.
Today I go in at one. After reading the not terribly descriptive (at least not descriptive enough to put my mind at ease) server documentation, I realized that a day and a half might not cut it to get this working. So I am going to ask that I have today to work on it as well. The way I figure is I can't really have been scheduled more than four hours on info and reference, and I should probably, at least on the reference time, be down and working on the server.
This involves a call at nine to ask them to "x" out the afternoon time slots on our soon to be defunct (oh god I hope) sign up sheet, so that I can get people off and get working.
I'd like to thank kctipton to bringing me back to my senses. After looking at the functionality of the software, and thinking about the big picture and how it's most consistent, I have decided the two seconds it takes to scan a card is just fine, staff and patron complaints be damned.
No, seriously, the reality of it is, we have a book budget, but no hardware budget. We take cards for the other internet terminals and the word processors.
Library card access lends some accountability.
The Time Access Console is a very limited program when it comes to the one time use numbers. We can't make reservations, for instance. All that the circ staff will be doing is looking at the screen to see what's available. So they'll be doing the reservations on paper, with the aid of the screen.
I am not allowing reservations further than the next half hour in advance. Why? Because people don't stick around and wait more than half an hour for their reservations. In the current set up, they sign their name down for an hour from the present time, get bored and leave, and then we're all confused about who gets that time slot.
I think I am going to have people sign in for a computer. If it's available, knock yourself out. If it's not, we take their name, library card number, and time the computer will come available. Then, when their time comes available, they come back to circulation and get their one time use number.
My thinking is if they don't have the one time use number in hand until log in time, they won't be as likely to a) take someone else's time slot accidently (or not accidently) or b) circle around the poor person on the computer trying to see when they'll be done so they can hop on immediately.
The circ staff is going to have some resistance because it's more work for them. It is. But it's going to cut down the conflict and unhappy patrons, I think, when it comes down to it. And it's not significantly more work. I guess I have to spin this not so much that it's a reduction in work as much as gain in efficiency and fairness.
And circulation will be doing, well, circulation duties, and librarians can do searching and help patrons, not spend time playing internet cop.
My diploma is ready. Yay. I can't get into to town to pick it up, and I'm not going to commencement, so I had to stick an additional ten bucks in an envelope to fork over to Simmons so that I can get it certified mailed to me. I guess I would understand more if it was an overdue fine.
The kicker about the mailman here is I know he's going to fold it up and shove it through our mail slot. I know it. Perhaps I should put a sign on the door saying leave it on the back porch. I would have liked to have it delivered to work, but I feel funny about asking about that sort of thing.
I hope that Simmons puts it in a stiffy mailer. And I hope it's big. My diploma from college is about the size of postage stamp, and meanwhile, my husband's got his big impressive JHU and GW diplomas on the wall. My postage stamp from the state college did come in a leather case, though.
I've decided that even though I want to ask for library cards to use the internet, at this juncture, there's really no good reason to. I could do it if I thought we were going to get the card module any time soon, but I'm not so sure. And I suppose if I'm going to ask for cards, I should ask for a good reason. My fear is also that the email and Linux terminal will get fights, because they're the only ones that aren't going to be card only. Perhaps it's best to do this in stages. If we decide on the card module, and get the RAM so our server can support it, then we will start to put out signs and explain to people what's going on, so they can be prepared.
I think psychologically it will help the staff, too. And god knows we all need psychological help. (Hee, of course I had to throw that in). I think there's going to be some resistance to having to learn a new bit of software, that the extra step of getting a library card might just push them over the edge.
What is scaring me is people seem to think this is self serving... Which even if I was going to deploy that module, we'd be over there explaining it all day. It's going to eliminate conflict, mostly, and eliminate the need for the reference/info person to be the one that has to get up every half hour and nicely remind people to get the hell off. It will eliminate people coming in with ten minutes left on the half hour and saying, "I was only here ten minutes!"
I expect some complaints to begin with from patrons who have a hard time limiting themselves. I will let you know if that really happens, though. I know I've had patrons from other libraries say that they liked their library's timer software, too. So go figure.
It erases cookies and history and cache, though. Dang! The systems librarian likes the timer software.
I am really nervous about this. This is the first big decision I've had to make, and it's a little unnerving. I hope it goes well.
So today and tomorrow and Monday morning I'm doing the ol' RTFM aspect of network software installation. The more I RTFM, though, the more questions are arising. Technically this is a upgrade, and I'm adding a module, but it sure sounds like I have to reinstall the whole server and client software. That just doesn't make sense though. It seems like creating tons of extra work for myself.
I am still playing with the card access system. The people on the nameless listserv are saying pretty much what I thought they would -- they're split down the middle. But from what I see, I have nothing to lose by asking to see a card and everything to gain. We will still have our terminals out that aren't card access, of course. No printing off them, unfortunately. Not until I can tweak them further.
I had a discussion with a supervisor about the direness of the hardware situation. In a home environment, the hardware could last indefinitely, until it was finally too obsolete to run anything. My husband's boss just gave up his 386 a few months ago. In the public environment though, hardware has the shelf life of milk left on a picnic table in July. Our new machines act wonky from time to time. It's no wonder. People log them out constantly, bang on them, shut them down improperly... I get testy when people (or anyone but me anyway) insults the machinery at the library. Considering what it faces day in day out, I think it's pretty remarkable we've still got some serial mice and P1 chips kicking around.
And I was never a Mac person, but am fast becoming one. For the love of pete, don't insult the Mac. OS X is a happy middle ground between Linux and Windows. Easy to navigate, somewhat easier to configure, and less than $130 for the OS.
I had a patron tell me that in the OS wars, Windows was the lesser of two evils. I wanted to remind him that there were, ahem, more than two operating systems out there.
Anyone else psyched about the 2.6 kernel coming out in the form of SuSE 9.1? I've wanted to compile and play with 2.6 since it came out several months ago, but I'm too scairt of screwing up the ubercomputer. I'm still too newb to compile my own kernel. So yes, all you cool Linux people I totally want to be one day will say, "Jeez, chick, 2.6's been around for ages..." I know. I just wanted it in the Linux flavor of my choice. I heard SuSE 9 Pro didn't run real well if you used the experimental 2.6 sent with it.
I saw road atlases in the supermarket today and felt compelled to pick them up and look at them. I think, with the roads around Boston changing almost daily thanks to the Big Dig, it might be time to just trash and buy all new ones. I hate people coming in for directions and heading directly to MapQuest. MapQuest stinks!
Today I withdrew some atlases from the collection. Goodbye, thirty year old atlases. Goodbye, East and West Germany. Goodbye, Soviet Union. If I held on to them a few years longer I could have just pencilled in the word "historical" on them. No one would have known the difference.
There are a few I am sorry to see go. The Atlas of Africa, for instance. It's a good thing to have, and I'm having a hell of a time finding a replacement, but a forty year old map of a rapidly changing continent isn't terribly useful.
I need to order more atlases. I have a few trickling in, but I feel like we have gaps in coverage.
An argument for timed access software (discovery of link thanks to Librarian in Black): this little article from CNN that tells of a kid that went batty when dad turned off the game. This is what I fear some of our patrons will do when you tell them their time is up.
I downloaded the documentation for the timed access software, and now have to really buckle down and think hard about some things. My direct supervisor said she didn't want the librarians managing it, which was my first instinct. I mean, logically I would have it at reference. Now that I see the interface, I think perhaps it wouldn't hurt to have it at circulation. The only trick is printing off the one time use numbers. There are no printers at the circ desk. So I have to see what I can do to print them off easily. I am thinking perhaps trying to network the nice printer in the professional's office to the console. Either that, or I can physically haul a printer out and hook it up on a given day of any week. Or I could install the console on another terminal as well, and print from there. I think.
I'm also grappling with the library card issue. Technically, with this software, there's no reason to have them present their library card, except that we make them present their library cards for the one hour terminals and the word processing terminals. I say we should be consistent one way or the other. I like the idea of presenting cards, but the staff is split about fifty fifty on the issue. There would still be cardless access, it just wouldn't be whiz bang cool cardless access. Unless you're a geek like me that thinks Linux is da bomb.
Da bomb. I can't believe I just said that. That's the kind of day it's been.
I've been scheduled lightly on reference and information this coming week so I can devote some time to getting this puppy up and running (and getting some training manuals under way.) I am going to be one busy librarian this week. The very nice people at OCS swear up and down installation is easy. I do have to say they've been more than helpful in answering my questions as we go into the demo period. Let's see how the config goes. The network is basically all together now, at least. I just have to plug the circ computer into it. And get memory into the circ computer. That might be a Monday night thing.
I am worried about our feeble little once unfiltered terminal that can't seem to get up the gumption to recognize more than 32 MB of RAM. I don't know if it can take the network programs. We once had the printer software set up on it, so I guess it can handle that. But today it was complaining to me about lack of memory.
Today the woman at circ's daughter came in and asked how writers just know all "that stuff." I told her that's because there are good librarians behind them.
At least, in person, at work. I think I explain things better, or at least I am clearer, in print. I can think about what I'm going to say. Public speaking at any level is not my strong point. I can do it, just not my strong point.
I was talking in a staff meeting yesterday and just got the feeling that I was sounding like an adult in a Peanuts cartoon... "Wonk wonk wonk wonk wonk wooonk." I could pick out the two people who actually knew what the hell I was saying.
I have a very specific list of things I want to get done today. Since today is Friday, we're conveniently half staffed (sigh). I want to pull some of our old atlases, since the new ones have started coming in. I want to download the documentation for the timed access software. I have to wait till Monday to actually download the exes, being that they're updating this weekend.
I think the best plan for signing people up for the computer is the simplest. A list with name, computer number, library card, and time they signed up for. Very similar to what we have now, yes. Except they have to go through the added step of going to information, and they have a strict half hour limit. This will help information (and reference, when reference is there) keep an eye on who's over there. It will also discourage people who just pop on for two minutes. They can use the email or Linux terminal.
I am debating about the presentation of the library card. I like the idea. I want a number if something gets damaged and the next person reports it, you know? Not saying that things are intentionally damaged on a regular basis, but these things are time consuming and expensive to fix. That, and there will be a way to check if little kids using the computers really do have mom and dad's permission. Right now they can jump right on with no check (at least, downstairs), and that bothers me.
So today I make signs saying we'll have downtime next week (the staff is overjoyed... the internet is a point of disgruntledness among us) and that the system will be going card only. I've got to talk to the assistant director about this, though.
I like public librarianship. It certainly is a challenge. I worked retail for many years through college, and I think that was great preparation. I knew there was a silver lining in all those years of retail.
I had an English teacher in high school, who I adored, who reminds me of a certain administrator in our library. Same mannerisms, same sense of humor and justice. I feel quite at home.
There was a patron that came up to me yesterday, a regular... Not particularly a problem patron, but one of a group of kids who does have the tendency to be a problem from time to time... not because they aren't generally well behaved, but because they cluster. What did she have in her arms but a copy of the aforementioned The Innocents. The book is chasing me. She of course didn't take it out, because the book is only staying in the library to show up in weird places and otherwise freak me out.
I think I have worked out a solution to the timed access dilemma. I think that librarians and circ staff should share the duties. Circ staff will register, and librarians can do any administrative tasks that come up on the console. That leaves information free to do information, and circulation free from having to learn the software. This will also lend credence to the card only restriction.
Personally, I think it's silly the computers aren't card only. I might have a hard time convincing some people on the staff otherwise, though. I mean, true, you aren't physically taking the computer out of the building (well, some people have tried, before my time there, I guess), but there's a lot you can mess up on a computer. And arguably, it's just as if not more expensive and involved to fix it than a book.
I do wish we had the finesse of the Horizon integration with the demo software we're trying. It takes 256 MB RAM to run the software and another 256 MB for every 250,000 users. How many card holders in the consortium? God, I'd say at least a million. RAM is essentially cheap, but tack that on to the $1000 for the integration, and that's still scraping by on bare minimum.
I was told by Boston that their system runs appreciably well but is still slower than they'd like on their server. Considering that the computer on my desk right now has the same specs as the server at our library... Well, you get the picture. I could run an internet cafe out of my backroom.
Felt much better to go to work today...
I have a lot of thinking to do about the timed access. Turns out, because of our alliance with the consortium, we'd need a crudload of memory to actually handle the Horizon integration. So that's just not going to fly. We have a decent server, but I don't think I could shove the three gigs or so or memory the public would require to make it run to their standards. Instantaneous! We want things instantaneous! I shouldn't poke fun -- so do I. So do I.
So we are doing timed access, because I think it will help. Staff is going to have to come to the realization, like I have, like the assistant director has, that this is not ever going to be a hands-off proposition. It isn't with the sign up sheet, because people can't police themselves, and it isn't going to be with the one time sign up sheets. I think, however, the public will foresee the timed access as being more fair... justice doled out by machine, not by a human. No one will get just ten more minutes.
This doesn't stop the problem of sign up. I am playing with the idea that perhaps it's better to not give out a one time use number more than a half hour in advance. This way, we won't have people saying that they were next in line when they really weren't. Or perhaps we should have a sign up sheet behind the reference desk. You can make a reservation, but we get to hold the number till you pick it up. I need to look at the logistics, and it might go through several changes.
Hey, that's the price you pay for internet access.
I just fear that the staff has this idea that it will be perfectly seamless. That it will be self-contained and hands off. If anything, it's going to be more labor intensive, but more fair. There should be less sticky altercations -- no more fist fights and name calling and computer hogging. But it's obvious to me now that more than just software is involved... it's going to take some strategic planning and perhaps an overhaul of internet policy to some degree.
I need to make them, in some way, card access only as well. This way we can see that someone has used the computer more than their hour allotted time a day. This should be on a sign up sheet.
Today I had a guy come in and tell me all about cookies and temp files, in a tone that said, "Stooooooopid woman". I've understood the cookie/temp file concept since 1995. In fact, last time this guy complained the computers were down I was actually cleaning out the cookies and temp files and doing computer maintenance. I shut him off, rather rudely, I fear. I have enough self esteem issues that I didn't need to be talked to like I was two inches tall.
He says, "There are programs that will erase your temp files!" I wish people knew the budgets constraints @ your library. Honest to pete. Gotta love Linux. Why didn't libraries anchor on to the open source thing a looong time ago?
We have this book -- a visually gorgeous folio called The Innocents about (what else?) people incarcerated who turned out to be innocent. Granted, I haven't really looked at this book except for the covers and a few pages here and there. So I know nothing, really, of this book's "message."
However, this book, or the patrons, or the library spirits, are trying to convey something. This book is supernaturally everywhere, everyone on the staff turns. I placed it on the new folios rack in a prominent position, hoping someone would take it out, to free us for a few weeks. No dice. Instead, this book wills itself to be picked up and carried around by patrons, then seeming dropped beside the PACs, dropped on the reading room tables, dropped by the videos (or, most often) dropped on the floor, right in front of the folios. What gives?
I thought it was just me, so I mentioned it to one librarian and two support staff, who noticed the same thing about it.
I am taking today, when I am away from work and feeling bored, to plan the timed access demo introduction. I am thinking that the wheels won't be in place until next week, which is probably just as well. I don't know how long I'll have things down while I configure them, but having them down over a Friday/Saturday period might be troublesome. I also think, to simplify things, and to keep an eye on how things are running, information is the best place to keep the management software. Reference would be really ideal, but inconvenient mornings and evenings, when no one is at the reference desk. This might take some study of patron records. Not in a Patriot Act what-have-you-been-viewing sort of way, relax, but in a when-is-this-computer-most-active sort of way. The problem is (catch 22) our very unscientific sign up sheet. Just because there is no name on the sign up sheet doesn't mean the machine isn't being used. Naturally the computers are most active when someone is on reference, typically from 2 to 6 in the afternoon.
This may be a staff meeting survey sort of thing. I am usually at reference, and less frequently at information. It might be more of a pain in the butt to have to sign up people on the computer all day at information than it is to just do it off hours and have to physically get up to go to reference to do it. It might confuse the bejeebies out of patrons, too.
I am going to try to put Panther on a dying Mac. I think something merely may have gotten corrupted on it, and now it's getting very upset when you do too much with it. I meant to put Panther on it anyhoo so I guess now is as good a time as any. I put my newly zorched and reinstalled Windows unfiltered-now-filtered terminal out for people to, er, have their way with. At least I finally got the antivirus to activate. Sheesh. What a production.
Snow is headed our way. The sky's got the rich gray-yellow pallor of impending snowfall. Up to twelve inches, they say. I wonder if I will have work tomorrow, either. I am sort of hoping I do, because I do get so bored. Then I'm sort of hoping I don't, because my husband has tomorrow off. (What a racket!)
Feeling guilty about missing work, but at least feeling as though it was justified... I feel pretty miserable, and can't imagine holding down the information fort feeling this way.
I hate taking sick days, but I think today I am forced to. What I thought was a brewing migraine seems to have yielded to a virus. At least, I have a fever. I went to work yesterday feeling crappy, and felt like I didn't really do my job properly. I hate that feeling too. Perhaps a day in bed will put things right. I just feel so guilty.
I previously worked a job (not in a library) where they would put you on a major guilt trip if you missed a day. I was in the hospital at one point, and they asked if I'd at least be in on Monday. Gee, guys, thanks for your concern. Anyway, now I have a hangover from that job, and I feel horribly guilty for missing a day, even though most people realize, that, er, that people do get sick.
I got the go ahead to employ a demo of the timed access software. The vendors, who shall remain nameless, are picking up the heat as far as saying, "Use mine instead!" Honestly, though, I think for our patrons and staff, less bells and whistles and less we have to adjust to is better.
I do have a copy of A Beautiful Mind (the DVD) on my desk that belongs to another library. Long story. I do hope it can wait another day before I call them to let them know the AWOL disk was returned by an embarrassed patron. Haven't we all returned boxes and left the DVD in the player before? I know I have.
For the record, no temporary library cards. Ever. I understood that, and I'm fairly sure you understand that. But man, do people ever want those temporary library cards. There must be a temporary library card black market.
A disturbing trend: people have been erasing other people's names on our real high tech internet sign up sheet. While I want to commend these people on their ingenuity (and their perceptiveness of at least being able to look at, then figure out our high tech sign up sheet) I feel that this is morally... well, it's between stealing candy from a baby and kicking a dog.
What concerns me more is how I handle it if I am just coming on to the reference desk. Sure, I can see a name has been erased and another has been put in. Sure. But how do I know if your name was there previously? Plenty of people erase their own names when they leave. Besides, if you were really sneaky, you could see someone else's name was erased and say yours was.
So I have to go by what's on the sign up sheet at the present time, if I haven't been there to see who was waiting. That's just not fair. The eraser then gets positive reinforcement, for, as Beavis would say, being a dillweed.
I so want timed access software.
Another disturbing trend: people are telling me our computers suck. Of course they do. The poor things are abused for twelve hours a day. (This was incidentally, uttered by the same aforementioned patron whose frequently uttered cry of "I don't know what I pressed!" is known by the whole staff.) If a machine had feelings, these would be crying out from the ground, folks. Don't mean to get all biblical (but that line is just so poetic). Until the money tree sprouts in the garden though, libraries in general (not just this library, or even libraries in this state) are out of luck.
So they do their best. Go easy on them.
Disturbing trend trois: Library cards are being stolen and bizarre books are being checked out on them! And naturally, are never returned. I've heard this complaint three times in as many days. Odd. As some LISNews stories have reported, if I were going to steal a library card and then steal library materials, I'd steal resaleable stuff. Like DVDs. Not histories of doilies. (Not to insult anyone who's seriously into doilies).
What does the public do to computers? Honest to pete... I know that people have the tendency to want to really finish what they start and log out of the computer after they finish using the browser (and some staff members are having a hard time grasping if I disable log out, then no one can log out, public or staff). Logging out I don't mind. People have taken to shutting it off entirely. Either that, or it's crashing and no one is telling me.
Then the OS X iMac sat there, like a giant colorful paperweight, yesterday, while I tried to turn it on after one particular patron rolled through. This patron frequently says, "I don't know what I pressed." After trying to turn off and on several times, I started to get nervous. Nothing. No signs of life. What the hell was pressed this time?
Evidently the computer got moved, and the power cord came loose in the back. Thank you. Thank you. I didn't want to replace another iMac.
Someone suggested some donations I just might take. She didn't know the specs off hand, but they're running Windows 2000. That's a good sign anyway. I told her to call me back with the specs.
I get migraines, and I think there's been a doozy brewing all week. I can sort of tell when they're coming. I start getting nauseous, then losing feeling in my arms and legs intermittently, then I start seeing stuff out of the corner of my eyes. Today there was something black flitting around in my field of vision. We on occasion get bats in the library, but this wasn't a bat.
I can only pray it comes tomorrow, when I don't have to work. I feel mighty guilty if I have to take sick time only two and a half months into the job.
It was busy today. In a way I liked it. It made it go fast.
That is one thing I am continually amazed by. I worked retail in college, and we were virtually held prisoner by customers that came in 5:59 when we closed at six and proceeded to window shop for an hour. The managers would never kick people out. At the library, you get a fifteen minute warning and a five minute warning, and then things start shutting down.
Libraries are a beautiful thing.
Today I noticed that the assistant director has "librarian" handwriting. It's that lovely flowing script I guess they used to teach (from what I've heard.) I do wish they still taught it. I officially have what's known as chicken scratch.
In a way, I like working Saturdays. It's busy, but it's a spread out busy, not a "the library is full of bored kids from 2-5:30" busy. However, you run into the same problem you run into on Fridays in that when the children's room closes at five, you get a wave of bored children coming downstairs.
This will get me death threats I'm sure: I'm not a big fan of kids. I mean, some kids are fine, but I choose not to have them myself. I'm not overly fond of the neighbor's kids. I don't like to go to restaurants have a cranky six year old screaming in my ear (a cranky one year old I have a higher tolerance level of. I can understand that. It's age appropriate.)
But my distaste for children isn't particularly why I don't want them downstairs. They bang on keyboards, sure, and sometimes, when they get real bored, they whip all the paperbacks off the shelves. That's annoying. That ticks me off.
But I worry about my responsibility to them. I can't babysit them. I mean, technically the poor children's librarians shouldn't be doing that either (though I know they are). But at least they were hired to specifically deal with the children. I was hired for all ages, but primarily above twelve. Usually, from five to six, I am helping people over twelve. I can't be watching a five year old left by mom and dad. Or by their "very mature and responsible" eight year old brother (happens-- a lot.)
I wish the library were a safer place, at least, as safe as parents seem to think it is. I wish that I could throw these children out when they're really misbehaving (as they sometimes do), without guilt that I now have a six year old wandering the streets. But I can't in good conscience do that. I'm not a big fan of children -- but I care enough not to put them in harm's way.
Which I think, sometimes, is more than some parents do.
Okay... comment away. I know librarians as babysitters is not a new phenomenon and in many ways I am preaching to the choir. And I know that my not too fond of children stance ticks many off... Go easy on me. I'm fragile.
I love our closed stacks.
I wasn't so sure about them at first. I mean, it's scary back there. The floor is glass and very sci-fi. This scary glow comes up when the lights are on on the floor below. The lights are just exposed bulbs. Some floor panels on the sides are pieces of plywood that look like they might not hold some of the kids that come in for story time, never mind me.
Plus the ghost. Alledgedly there is a ghost in the closed stacks. I don't know where I stand on the paranormal issue, but I guess if I were a dead bibliophile, that's probably where I'd hang out. And it certainly makes you want to believe, being in there at night.
But the books are beautiful. I love old books (this is where we keep things that don't circulate, can't circulate, or are otherwise not really needed in the main library), even though I understand that most of them have really minimal value, relatively speaking. I found a book on Dorothea Dix from the late 1800s. It wasn't anything special, but it was just neat.
Actually, know what I like? I like the really neat librarian handwriting that goes on the bookplate. And the cataloging information. The script is just gorgeous.
Library geek journal entry. We will return to our regularly scheduled systems/reference/duties as assigned posting tomorrow.
Or, today's version, IBM 300GL, come forth. Today, just for the hell of it, I switched video cards. One from the work room computer (which was dead) into my dead computer. Lo and behold, then they both booted and worked fine. I can not pretend to understand. I made no pretenses that I really understood what exactly went on. I fully expect both of them to stop working if I look at them cross eyed or insult their mothers. But for now, we are once again running with computers where they really need to be. Happily ever after. Amen.
Perhaps it was my computer's three hour visit to the basement computer morgue that scared the bejeebies out of it and got it working again.
Amazing how people will fight over overdue fines. This is over an amount of money I'm sure they don't even notice they're spending at Dunkin Donuts in the morning. But that pays our messengers. It's not like we're salting it away to close the library to go to Tahiti.
If you ask me, libraries without messengers are really bummers. I wish I could have been a messenger as a kid. I find shelving books relaxing. I tend to drop books a lot though. Clumsy me.
I spotted two teenagers in the lower stacks reading. They were being good, but I asked them to go up to young adult. It's kind of dark and skeevy in the lower stacks, and I didn't want them down there alone. I don't like to be down there alone.
Caught a kid last night beating on one of my keyboards playing online games, which is prohibited. I am mighty protective of keyboards and mice. They're like pet hamsters, with their short life spans and their funny odor. Okay, well, at least with their short lifespans.
IBM computers suck. Am I allowed to say that? More specifically, the IBM computers we got suck. Mine is officially gone to computer heaven (or hell, I'm not sure). Last night I got the word from one of our support staff that, yes, the one in the workroom also seems to have gone. Special collections survived (it wasn't on at the time of the power outtage), as did two librarian's computers (which, now that I think about it, were also not on at the time of the outtage.) I guess I should be thankful for small things, like that those two particular librarians came in late that day.
It all comes down to no money. Not only no hardware money, but no money. Time for a bake sale. To patch the problem, I get the extra cataloging computer in tech services, and either special collections or the workroom goes without.
My desk right now is the computer ER. I have one computer open that doesn't need to be (I just haven't had time to play with the old clamshell case to get the damn thing to shut nicely) and of course my old computer, which is dead. I guess I scavenge for transplantation parts and take it to the computer morgue (the basement) at some point this week. Eventually I will get my desk back.
I was weeding computer books, and I discovered one book on KERMIT that had a 5 1/4" floppy in it. Yes, I withdrew it.
I went down the lower level, where we keep the 005s, and I discovered two young people having a very intense conversation. I guess they were down there because they didn't want anyone to hear, because as soon as they heard me coming with the cart they shut up and went upstairs.
Our one book on the history of the ballpoint pen has been withdrawn. Too bad, it would have come in handy for a school project someone was working on yesterday. Why they're teaching useful things like ball point pen history and not, like, how to use a library, I don't know.
I was told by a nice young lady that the weather encyclopedia I got for the library to help with the massive amount of meterological requests we get was "too much reading." Sigh.
It's actually quite a nice set... It's from the Gale Group, and is therefore at a USA Today reading level. Perhaps a little higher, just due to the general nature of it. Nice set though. She didn't like it, but I was quite pleased with it.