[WEB4LIB] RE: privacy screens and furniture

[Mark Ellis]

Jackie,

We used both 3M and BlackAngle privacy screens for several years, but didn't
find them particularly effective.  You can see the screen contents to about
45 degrees off axis.

In there place we've used Nova kits <http://www.novadesk.com/>.  These are
expensive and require customer millwork or retrofitting, but we've been
happy with the results.

The photo on http://www.yourlibrary.ca/rplinfo/ironwood/internetcafe.html
shows what they look like installed on a high counter and millwork carrels
(barely visible).  We've retrofitted them in more standard carrels as well.

HTH,

Mark Ellis
Manager, Reference and Information Services
Richmond Public Library  
Richmond, B.C.                      
(604) 231-6410
www.yourlibrary.ca


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Griffin, Jackie [mailto:JGriffin at ci.berkeley.ca.us]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 12:57 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: privacy screens and furniture
> 
> 
> I checked the archives and see that this has been addressed 
> before, but it
> does not appear to have been really answered.
> 
> Are any of you using privacy screens?  If so, what brand and 
> model and what
> do
> you think of them?
> Have any of you heard of any particular screen that sounds 
> good?  Price is
> not
> the issue.  Well, of course it is, this is a library, but we 
> would pay for
> effectiveness.
> Also, has anyone devised particularly effective furniture or purchased
> furniture that enhanced privacy?
> Thanks!
> 
> 
> Jackie Griffin
> Director of Library Services
> Berkeley Public Library
> Berkeley. CA
> 510-644-6095
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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