They don't understand the concept of phones being ONLY attached to walls.
(This is the circulation desk that was original to the building. I still miss it.)
This would have been the most technologically advanced piece of equipment in the library. No phone, no television. Certainly no computers. Overdue books must have been a nightmare. The end of the year could come and a student might have 15 things out-- hard to catch using only cards.Ordering only through paper catalogs and the recommendations of School Library Journal and Booklist. That would have been the hardest part of not having technology, I think. Keeping up with new books that were published. Wow.
Of course, if I could dress like this every day, I would be TOTALLY happy! Of course, I would prefer it in a rust or forest green for winter, but this is clearly a spring fashion. (And my hair looks pretty much like this, anyway! Get me some big ol' glasses with purple frames to match my polyester...)Off to an all day meeting about policy and Gale resources and Chrome Books. Any day I don't spend with students is always hard, even in the summer.
My life has little meaning if I'm not recommending books! Sad but true!
As I recall from growing up in the 70s, you probably didn't have to worry about keeping up with the new books. Most of my school library was old donated books. There weren't the millions of new books coming out daily like there are now. If you kept up with Judy Blume and Katherine Paterson you were probably good.
ReplyDeleteI had a manual Smith Corona that looked almost identical to the electric version. I used it all the way through high school and college. The kids at college who had enough money had the electric ones.
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