Typewriters in libraries

[Dianne Harmon]

I just cannot resist:  We still have a typewriter out for public use.
This past year a disgruntled patron used the typewriter to type a
complaint to the Board to fire certain staff members (guess who was one of
them) as they were denying him access to services.  He used the typewriter
as he'd used up his allowed time on the public computers for that day.

On Tue, 13 Oct 1998, Dan Lester wrote:

> At 03:11 PM 10/13/98 -0700, Michael Sauers wrote:
> >> how responsible would we be if they used their email accounts to lure
> >> young people into dangerous situations? Or email bomb threats to
> >> the White House?
> >
> >Do you allow them access to typewriters?
> 
> No.  How many libraries still have typewriters available anyway?  We have
> ONE in the building, and it is in the administrative office....for the rare
> occasions when typing on a multi-part form is required.  
> 
> And to play along with your game, maybe we should then remove all paper and
> pencils from the library too?  Let's not get tooooo ridiculous at this
> stuff....
> 
> cheers
> 
> dan
> 
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