Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Helicopter...Librarians?

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Another small bite as I work on larger blog posts (One's almost done and will be up soon!).

To be honest, I'm not sure how I ultimately feel about what this writer' saying here. While we should be supporting cross-platform experiences and finding creative ways to reach users where they are on the one hand, I'm not sure giving out my cell phone number to be on call 24-7 would be all that effective. I'm generally not coherent at 2 am. There are work-life implications for any librarian doing this, which would ultimately feed into their overall effectiveness as well.

Maybe more places with night owl librarian chat/phone services? With actual night owl librarians?

...or is there a larger point I'm missing here?
--
 And I'm on step ahead of the shoe shine
Two steps away from the county line
Just trying to keep my customers satisfied,
Satisfied. - Simon and Garfunkel