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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 16:58:19 EDT
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- From: "Lee Jaffe,
- Microcomputer & Network Services"
- <jaffe%scilibx.ucsc.edu@Kentvm.Kent.edu>
- Subject: Re: FURNITURE
- Comments: To: libref-l@kentvm.kent.edu
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- ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
- I have a odd suggestion for placement of computer hardware at the
- reference desk. You can quickly overwhelme other considerations
- trying to fit computer hardware at a counter. You need terminals
- there in order to answer quick questions, but you can also provide
- terminals or computers for longer consultations away from the
- front counter. At both reference desks in our library, there are
- 2-3 terminals at the counter and a couple of networked computers
- at a separate table or desk behind the desk. If the question
- requires referring to additional resources, we move to that area
- with the patron and conduct the more in-depth search away from
- the front counter. At one desk the back table is a standing
- height fixture, mostly because that's what we had available at the
- time. At the other desk, which we got to design from scratch, there
- are actually two sitting height desks for consultations. Trying
- to provide all these services at the primary counter would have
- overburdened the design. You can get a lot more flexibility with
- standard furniture than you would trying to do it all in one piece.
-
- -- Lee Jaffe, UC Santa Cruz
-