http://www.librarian.net/stax/1882/blog-typo-of-the-day/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1882/blog-typo-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-36421 Remaining Relevant » Blog Archive » Hermaphrodykes Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:01:39 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1882#comment-36421 [...] It’s not exactly a typo, but I think Brian has a great point about being aware of our image and what we, as professionals representing an institution, present to the world. An offhand comment about a book or politics or religion, a joke, a low-cut shirt, a comment about another patron, etc - any and all of that is noticed by patrons all the time, and could very dramatically affect their library use, or at least from which library staff they feel comfortable seeking help. [...] [...] It’s not exactly a typo, but I think Brian has a great point about being aware of our image and what we, as professionals representing an institution, present to the world. An offhand comment about a book or politics or religion, a joke, a low-cut shirt, a comment about another patron, etc – any and all of that is noticed by patrons all the time, and could very dramatically affect their library use, or at least from which library staff they feel comfortable seeking help. [...]

]]>