tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post1856703869246789711..comments2023-08-03T04:18:15.359-04:00Comments on Found in Brooklyn: Zombies Walk to City Hall for Librarians!Lisannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-39494446009168831602010-11-02T00:05:31.601-04:002010-11-02T00:05:31.601-04:00RIght, I would say most people at BPL try, and do ...RIght, I would say most people at BPL try, and do well under difficult circumstances... And isn't that ironic in some ways when there's MUCH more affluence around the main branch?<br /><br />Some of the clerks/librarians on the ground floor in reading room are really poorly trained and seemingly sit there without motivation or much supervision. I know there are better people there too but there's a real sense of helplessness it seems.<br /><br />On weekends, esp. in winter, genealogy folks use the microfilm A LOT so it's absurd to have five or six out of eight machines broken for months on end.<br /><br />The answers I get from the clerk/librarians vary widely in truthfulness and creativity too.<br /><br />I was told, by the way, re: Carroll Gardens, that they were told to STOP their weekend book swaps. By whom, and why? I noticed Brooklyn Heights-- which is a horrible branch, tho' they "No Playing Cards At Table" signs are funny-- does a weekly book sale. Why are they allowed?<br /><br />Catalog acquisition at BPL is pathetic these days; if they didn't have the foresight generations ago it'd be near worthless today. Check out the music and art books on the 3rd floor and notice how OLD most of them are... I'm delighted they are there but I shouldn't have to do iner-library loan for everything.Ben Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-71321704820490312422010-11-01T21:01:58.266-04:002010-11-01T21:01:58.266-04:00I was at the main branch today and got what I need...I was at the main branch today and got what I needed and I know that they are doing their best with what life has thrown at them but the smaller branches such as the Carroll Gardens are a joke as they barely have any BOOKS!!!<br /><br />They were selling them off for a long time, now they GIVE them away. What's up with that?!!!<br /><br />Libraries with no books. What a concept.Lisannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03249500003559750141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-21599140456542521812010-11-01T20:38:40.198-04:002010-11-01T20:38:40.198-04:00Is ** less ** service possible?
While I wouldn&#...Is ** less ** service possible? <br /><br />While I wouldn't deny anyone's right to watch internet porn in the library (really), the basic ** MAINTENANCE ** of even the central branch at GAP is pathetic--<br /><br />Broken microfilm readers for months on end; stairways that haven't been swept-- or, forbid!-- mopped in weeks; a 'brain drain' of older more skilled librarians in favor of what appear to me mere clerks, many of whom appear DISINTERESTED.<br /><br />Props to the Brooklyn Collection for making do as they can but BPL is already being treated shamefully-- I won't even get into the highly variable state of the branches-- but everyone should be ashamed, and furious, the situation has gotten so bad.Ben Franklinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4810483957175720940.post-18938527182951799082010-10-31T22:33:22.494-04:002010-10-31T22:33:22.494-04:00Bloomberg has money available for things like the ...Bloomberg has money available for things like the Atlantic Yards because it benefits the rich, but cuts services to libraries because he does not really care all that much about the lower classes - which means anyone who isn't a millionaire. You go zombrarians!Eileen C.noreply@blogger.com