The Goodland Star-News / Tuesday, June 7, 2005 5 abigail ence librarian. You might be surprised MIAMI have even called for a letter-writing IND., LIBRARIAN Rules for library what we can find for you in a short DEAR ANTI-SHUSHER: Your campaign to criticize Marian for tell- DEAR SOUTH BEND: If libraries van buren amount of time. point about casting the message in ing the truth. I say, more power to her! are closing because of lack of support — Do use your trip to the library as positive, rather than negative, lan- — NEW JERSEY LIBRARIAN or patronage, it may be because need a more a learning experience. We have a say- guage is well taken. And I agree that DEAR NEW JERSEY: Thanks for people do more and more research •dear abby ing, “Find the book for a man, and librarians have been wrongly stereo- the warning. The following is a letter online at home than because librar- positive spin he’ll have the information for only a typed. However, if librarians are that expresses, I suspect, their real ians are overzealous in enforcing day. Teach him to search the catalog, forced into the position of acting like concern. rules of common courtesy. To quote DEAR ABBY: I am a reference li- How much better it would have and he’ll have information for a life- “library police,” it is because their DEAR ABBY: I haven’t seen such a librarian from Beverly Hills, Calif.: brarian at a large academic library. been had she compiled a list of library time.” patrons are acting in a way that is de- a vitriolic diatribe since librarians “There is now a dwindling number While I share some of “Marian the “do’s” instead of library “don’ts.” Although, like “Marian,” I’m tired structive or disruptive. Read on: were told to stop pointing and get up of librarians due to retirement, Librarian’s” concerns, I couldn’t help Example: of the poor etiquette I see in my li- DEAR ABBY: I wish I could nail a off their “duffs” and go find the book downsizing, burnout and very low but notice that her pointers for library — Do teach your children to use brary, I’m equally tired of the perva- copy of that letter to every flat surface for the customer! While libraries are pay compared to other professions. etiquette were comprised almost en- and appreciate the library. sive public image of librarians as of our library in the hope that our pa- free, taxpayers are the ones who sup- That, coupled with a society that is be- tirely of “don’ts.” I am afraid her dia- — Do check your library’s policy cranky, uptight and “shushing.” As a trons might read it and get a clue. It port us, and if we have professionals coming increasingly uncivil and tribe against library patrons may on food, drink and cell phones. (Many librarian, my job is to help and edu- has come to my attention that some li- in the field such as “Marian,” we have underappreciative of a truly altruis- cause some of them not to use the li- allow drinks in covered containers, cate patrons. “Marian’s” letter made brarians are unhappy that “Marian” only ourselves to admonish when our tic profession, makes me fear that the brary at all, for fear of committing a and cell phones set to silent mode or it seem as if librarians are the behav- chose to air her grievances in a forum tax dollars are reduced and our librar- library profession is going the way of faux pas and incurring a librarian’s in specific areas.) ior police. — ANTI-SHUSHER IN as public as your column — and some ies are closed. — SOUTH BEND, the dinosaur.” wrath. — Do enlist the help of the refer- E=Eagle Cable E=Eagle Cable TUESDAY EVENINGS=S&T Telephone JUNE 7, 2005 WEDNESDAY EVENINGS=S&T Telephone JUNE 8, 2005 ES 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 ES 6 pm 6:30 7 pm 7:30 8 pm 8:30 9 pm 9:30 10 pm 10:30 Cold Case Files “Chad Bounty Bounty Knievel’s Wild Ride Crossing Jordan “Lost Cold Case Files “Chad (((* “Good Will Hunting” (1997) Matt Damon. 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