Dear Ray Anne (and others),
you won't want to hear this, perhaps, but with all the
competition from Barnes-and-Noble type "full-service"
bookstores (eat/drink/browse/read/write/chat), libraries
are having to loosen up on the old rules.
the coffee and pastries shop in the lobby of the University
of Virginia's main library has done a booming business
(literally "booming" in terms of the ambient din), and many
additional tables have been added.
Several years ago the no-food-or-drink rule was abandoned
throughout the UVA library system -- with the exception of
Special Collections and the computer classrooms.
We were never able to enforce these rules, anyway, and to
tell the truth, I have not witnessed any damages caused by
big slurpies or pizzas delivered late at night.
So, it seems that in this open commerece environment,
anything goes -- except for smoking. Of course, the State
Code about restricted smoking areas does not apply to
chewing tobacco, so we have to put up with the ocassional
chewer-and-spitter.
-- jack
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000 09:39:58 EST Ray Anne Lockard
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> Dear Colleagues:
>
> Our main library has a loosened pollicy that allows beverages in the
> library as long as they are in "covered" containers. On the other hand,
> we will not allow this in the Frick Fine Arts Library. Due to the more
> liberal policy in the main library (that will soon construct a coffee
> shop on one floor INSIDE the library), our challenges with preventing
> food and drink in our library have increased.
>
> I am, therefore, beginning to work on a PR campaign that is visually
> oriented that will catch the attention span of undergrads. Do any other
> art libraries have such a visual PR campaign in place? Please share
> your thoughts and ideas with me.
>
> By a visual campaign, I mean a multiple presentation using the same
> design. No one reads the subtle, calligraphic signs we have had for
> years. I think we need to grab the attention of the Generation Xers and
> Nexters who haev grown up with the Simpson's, video-games, etc.
>
> For example: signs on each table in the Reading Room that show an
> artwork featuring food and/or drink overlaid with the "forbidden"
> graphic (the circle with a line through it), strips put in each book
> retrieved from the stacks and given to each patron in the Reading Room,
> a screen saver on each public device, a sign seen before patrons enter
> the library.
>
> I appreciate any ideas you can share with me!
>
> Ray Anne Lockard
>
> --
> Ray Anne Lockard, Head Librarian
> Frick Fine Arts Library
> University of Pittsburgh
> Pittsburgh, PA 15260
> Voice: 412-648-2411
> Fax: 412-648-7568
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>
> "A book should be a ball of light in one's hands."
> Ezra Pound
>
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