This same conversation just came up on another list I belong to, the
Libref list. No conclusion was ever reached. You can search the list
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--Bryan M. Carson
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Sharon Wayland wrote: > 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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