Comments on: no phones in the library!!

By: Brandee

Brandee — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:51:36 +0000

Maybe my keyboards won’t get so dirty in the library now! :-)

By: Beth Gallaway

Beth Gallaway — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 18:04:54 +0000

Heh.

Itâ€™s not a phone, itâ€™s a MP3 PLAYER.

Itâ€™s not a phone, itâ€™s a CALENDAR.

Itâ€™s not a phone, itâ€™s a PDA!

No, waitâ€¦ itâ€™s not a phone, itâ€™s a CAMERA!

Itâ€™s not a phone, itâ€™s a device that connects to IRRADIATING WiFi!

Itâ€™sâ€¦ itâ€™sâ€¦. I SO want one. Of course, I got a video iPod for Christmas (thank you Santa!), and just upgraded to a pink RAZRâ€¦ combined cost of which = iPhone *le sigh*

My only question, is, where are the GAMES?!??

By: Martha

Martha — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 17:14:41 +0000

Yes, I agree, we must put a stop to cellphones in libraries. It is vitally important that we allow only the librarians to have access to any kind of useful technology in library buildings. We must ensure that patrons DO NOT find things for THEMSELVES! We must be gatekeepers of information at all times.

By: matthew

matthew — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:35:12 +0000

as a PC user, who has the occassional affair with a Mac, I am secretly lusting for this phone.

now on a librarian salary, that means i should be able to afford it in, *calculations*, as soon as I finish paying off my MLIS grad school loans.

So, year 2038: WATCH OUT!

By: Bruce Newell

Bruce Newell — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:47:04 +0000

Apple has the habit of changing the playing field, which you have tongue-in-cheek nicely highlighted in this nice posting. Of course the real question is not should we let our users (patrons, customers, reasons for being, etc.) bring their fav tools into THEIR libraries, but how can we get their libraries on their fav tools.

By: Kelli

Kelli — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:17:37 +0000

Dude– if they send you one of these cuz you blogged about it we will be sooooo jealous.

By: caleb

caleb — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:51:09 +0000

lol

i can’t wait until 2009 when this thing will fold out to 11×14

By: jennpb

jennpb — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 16:00:12 +0000

Maybe if all of our cellphone-using patrons had such attractively manicured hands, our fear of this insidious trend would subside?

By: Michael Pate

Michael Pate — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:21:52 +0000

I have been predicting for years that providing Internet access in libraries was going to prove a passing fad. I still believe that. But I also think because the iPhone has a slower Edge connection through Cingular but includes WiFi, you are going to have more people coming in your library than ever.

I renewed my Sprint contract on Veteran’s Day when I purchased my Katana. So it looks like I know what phone I am getting in November 2008 (unless I wait for MacWorld 2009).

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:22:51 +0000

Jill – I was just having a bit of fun ;)

By: Jill Hurst-Wahl

Jill Hurst-Wahl — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:00:17 +0000

You wrote: “The more we know about this device, the easier it will be to stop people from using it in our libraries.” Do you mean the harder it will be?

I just bought a new cell phone in December and — of course — now THIS comes out! Too much to pay for a cell phone, but given all that it will do…. I’ll have to investigate…

By: lo_fi

lo_fi — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 09:40:43 +0000

Come October I too will be dealing with what I predict will be a plague of these iPhones.
“Know your enemy” is a perfect excuse to buy one, at least this is how I am justifying the expense.