I have seen the red-circle/slash with a picture of a cell phone placards
in several restaurants lately. I wouldn't hesitate posting this around
the library. Perhaps you have a lobby or other enclosed area where they
can be permitted for brief conversations.
I agree that cell phone conversations are distracting and annoying. I
recently had someone carrying on an intense conversation during the
sermon at church! Someone finally asked them to take it outside. Can
you imagine!
Good luck - it won't be a popular decision but necessary.
Cindy Beck Weller, M.L.S.
Library Manager
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Burgalassi, Anthony J.
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 10:43 AM
To: Sharon Wayland; Lawlib
Subject: RE: Cell phone Users
I would "BANN" the use of cell phone usage in the building, just like
"No smoking" If the patrons need to talk on the cell phone they need to
go outside the building. After all it's a library there shouldn't be any
talking out loud to begin with!
I wouldn't hesitate to start banning patrons!
Anthony J. Burgalassi
>From the Desk of Anthony J. Burgalassi
Regional Reference Librarian, NY Office
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From: owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-law-lib@ucdavis.edu] On
Behalf Of Sharon Wayland
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 11:33 AM
To: Lawlib
Subject: Cellphone Users
I know this has been discussed before but our problem with cellphone
users has become increasingly worse and I am wondering if others are
having the same difficulties. Fort Worth sits on top of a huge natural
gas reserve and so our library (and the entire courthouse for that
matter) has very recently been overrun by people doing oil and gas
research. They talk on their cellphones incessantly and no amount of
warning and signposting has seemed to help. We used to allow them to
keep their phones turned on in vibrate mode but the phone conversations
became so loud and annoying, we recently posted signs tellling them to
shut them off completely. Now we are fighting with them all day long to
get them to KEEP them turned off. They are usually cooperative about
turning them off but almost invariably, end up turning them back on,
sometimes within just a few minutes. I am not talking about one or two
isolated cases but more like dozens every day.
What do you do when you have a large number of patrons who abuse the
rules constantly? This is public library and I hesitate to start
banning patrons.
Sharon Wayland
Tarrant County Law Library
100 W. Weatherford, Rm. 420
Fort Worth, TX 76196-0800
817-212-7228
Fax 817-884-1509
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