Comments on: The issue of on-line renewals http://alangibbons.net/?p=792 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:38:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Shirley Burnham http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5970 Shirley Burnham Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:01:00 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5970 Andrew : a borrow is indeed sensibly described as "when you go to the library and take out a book". The concern is, not the reasonableness of this view but that raw data generated after a change in recording methods can be used by those who misinterpret it, or wish to mislead, to tell the public that issues are down and that closures or cuts are justified. Andrew : a borrow is indeed sensibly described as “when you go to the library and take out a book”. The concern is, not the reasonableness of this view but that raw data generated after a change in recording methods can be used by those who misinterpret it, or wish to mislead, to tell the public that issues are down and that closures or cuts are justified.

]]> By: Andrew Preston http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5910 Andrew Preston Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:24:23 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5910 This all sounds rather smoke and mirrors. For me a borrow is when you go to the library, and take out a book. An online renewal is something else, a convenience, Think I'd prefer that councils be presented with their responsibilities in other fashion.... http://somersethedgerows.blogspot.com/ This all sounds rather smoke and mirrors. For me a borrow is when you go to the library, and take out a book. An online renewal is something else, a convenience, Think I’d prefer that councils be presented with their responsibilities in other fashion…. http://somersethedgerows.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Shirley Burnham http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5907 Shirley Burnham Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:09:15 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5907 It is not as if the figure of these renewals were being in any way suppressed. Dorset Library Service officers volunteered the information freely. Mr Chaney tells me that they give his library and Friends group tremendous support. His only concern is that the new counting system appears to make small branches less active than they really are which could put them in jeopardy, should the data be misinterpreted by others. It is not as if the figure of these renewals were being in any way suppressed. Dorset Library Service officers volunteered the information freely. Mr Chaney tells me that they give his library and Friends group tremendous support. His only concern is that the new counting system appears to make small branches less active than they really are which could put them in jeopardy, should the data be misinterpreted by others.

]]> By: Tim Coates http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5889 Tim Coates Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:50:44 +0000 http://alangibbons.net/?p=792#comment-5889 I know that down in Dorset they like to present their councillors as being utter morons- but who is the official who is presenting this information? "Oh councillor we have 200,000 book loans, but we don't know where they come from. Perhaps from the town cemetery? " 200,000 is not a small number! Perhaps that is the same way the officers account for the money people spend on taxes? I know that down in Dorset they like to present their councillors as being utter morons- but who is the official who is presenting this information?

“Oh councillor we have 200,000 book loans, but we don’t know where they come from. Perhaps from the town cemetery? ”

200,000 is not a small number! Perhaps that is the same way the officers account for the money people spend on taxes?

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