[Prodev] DISRUPTIVE patrons
Stacey Gordon
prodev@aallnet.org
Thu, 6 Feb 2003 18:28:53 -0700
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In the interest of adding some Friday humor, I have a story to tell =
about my Thurs. It isn't very far off our topic of security and metal =
detectors. I certainly don't mean to make light of the issue for those =
of you who do have very real security concerns, but this is a story of a =
complete failure to have any security. This morning, when I was at the =
Reference/Circulation desk during my shift, I was assisting an SRL with =
a question about the Utah Court system. We heard a very loud noise =
coming down the hall, getting much louder the closer it got to the =
library. In fact, I was shouting my answers to her questions when 50 =
forestry students, wearing flannel shirts & hardhats, burst through the =
library doors with their chain saws running and proceeded to kidnap one =
of our students.
Before I go any farther, I will tell you that this is part of a VERY =
longstanding rivalry between our law school and our forestry school, and =
what they were really after was their stuffed moose (a real one) which =
is, indeed, chained to our library balcony. I probably do not have to =
tell you that we do not have metal detectors in our library and none of =
our SRLs could ever be that disruptive. Better yet, many of these same =
forestry students will come back later in the semester so I can help =
them look up EPA regs -- and they will be on their best library =
behavior.
The best quote of the day came from a reporter for the student =
newspaper, who had followed the foresters across campus (where they were =
actually stopped by campus police at one point, who let them continue =
across campus with their chain saws). The reporter yelled her question =
to me: "Would you say this was disruptive to your library atmosphere?"
Stacey L. Gordon
Acting Library Director
Reference/Acquisitions Librarian
Jameson Law Library
University of Montana School of Law
Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 243-6808
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>In the interest of adding some Friday =
humor, I have=20
a story to tell about my Thurs. It isn't very far off our =
topic of=20
security and metal detectors. I certainly don't mean to make light =
of the=20
issue for those of you who do have very real security concerns, but this =
is a=20
story of a complete failure to have any security. This =
morning, when I=20
was at the Reference/Circulation desk during my shift, I was assisting =
an SRL=20
with a question about the Utah Court system. We heard a very loud =
noise=20
coming down the hall, getting much louder the closer it got to the=20
library. In fact, I was shouting my answers to her questions when =
50=20
forestry students, wearing flannel shirts & hardhats, burst through =
the=20
library doors with their chain saws running and proceeded to kidnap one =
of our=20
students.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Before I go any farther, I will tell =
you that this=20
is part of a VERY longstanding rivalry between our law school and our =
forestry=20
school, and what they were really after was their stuffed moose (a real =
one)=20
which is, indeed, chained to our library balcony. </FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial=20
size=3D2>I probably do not have to tell you that we do not have metal =
detectors in=20
our library and none of our SRLs could ever be that disruptive. =
Better=20
yet, many of these same forestry students will come back later in the =
semester=20
so I can help them look up EPA regs -- and they will be on their best =
library=20
behavior.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The best quote of the day came from a =
reporter for=20
the student newspaper, who had followed the foresters across campus =
(where they=20
were actually stopped by campus police at one point, who let=20
them continue across campus with their chain saws). The =
reporter=20
yelled her question to me: "Would you say this was disruptive to your =
library=20
atmosphere?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Stacey L. Gordon<BR>Acting Library=20
Director<BR>Reference/Acquisitions Librarian<BR>Jameson Law=20
Library<BR>University of Montana School of Law<BR>Missoula, MT =20
59812<BR>(406) 243-6808</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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