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Saturday, January 06, 2007

Drive-By Users

I heard a new library term the other day: "drive-by users". What really made me notice is that the person using it (one of the local library system's regional managers,) followed it up by saying "like Michael here." It seems a drive-by user is one who looks everything up online, places his holds, and then stops into the library long enough to pick up the book, say hi, and then walk out the door again. Guilty as charged.

posted by Michael Sauers @ 11:06 AM

3 Comments:

At Sat Jan 06, 02:35:00 PM , Anonymous Beth Hoffman said...

Now all libraries have to do is figure out how to install windows that will let drive-by users (of which I'm one as well) become drive-through users.
--Beth

 
At Sat Jan 06, 05:23:00 PM , Blogger Lorcan Dempsey said...

Check out 'drive-in' user at

http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001149.html

which is being used in a similar way.

 
At Mon Jan 08, 12:02:00 AM , Anonymous Memo Cordova said...

So true! If I'm not in a rush (which is almost never) I actually get to peruse the shelves for something to read. But for 90% of the time it's the dashing in to pick up my stuff and self checking out. I'm just glad my library offers it.

 

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