tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post5644473951030701591..comments2022-10-04T14:31:41.219+01:00Comments on The Arcadia Project Blog: No Cameras in the Library...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-17027319874472014272009-12-09T16:01:16.313+00:002009-12-09T16:01:16.313+00:00Just to confirm that the UL does have an updated r...Just to confirm that the UL does have an updated rule to some extent in that texting is now permitted anywhere in the Library and calls can be made from specific areas. <br /><br />Really interesting post about camera phones. I would note that some of the restrictions re. photography relate to visitors using flash photography which may disturb the study environment of others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-37703052427908852532009-12-09T15:07:37.953+00:002009-12-09T15:07:37.953+00:00Owen said: "Libraries are almost certainly tr...Owen said: "Libraries are almost certainly trying to abide by the CLA licence"<br /><br />Ys... bit why should my walking a book over to the photocopier room and copying it there be any different to scanning/photographing it with my phone when sat at a desk?<br /><br />I appreciate that there may be plates in books that for whatever reason the Library doesn't want copied (though even then they may generate a copy for me - for a fee - via imaging services) but restricting personal imaging services within certain areas, such as reading rooms, could be used to control that behaviour.<br /><br />One problem with the 'no cameras' rule is that it (presumably?) assumes that cameras will be used for copyright infringing services and therefore must be banned. The reality is that phone cameras can be used photos, capturing note taking images, or implementing optical (rather than keyboard) interfaces.Tony Hirsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07192476380420213082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-47822667207271720492009-12-09T11:16:56.277+00:002009-12-09T11:16:56.277+00:00Perceptive post, Tony. I've been thinking for...Perceptive post, Tony. I've been thinking for a while that the phones issue will be a test for how serious the UL is about modernising. What's needed is an updated rule which says that phone conversations are banned (except perhaps in the tea room), but that other uses are acceptable. having written that, however, I can just imagine the steam emerging from the meeting of the Library Syndicate that discusses the change!Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03083217667667590668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3814306046993354716.post-4382898972872341352009-12-09T11:15:19.168+00:002009-12-09T11:15:19.168+00:00Libraries are almost certainly trying to abide by ...Libraries are almost certainly trying to abide by the CLA licence http://www.cla.co.uk/licences/licences_available/he/uuk which requires(?) the display of notices advising what can be copied under licence.<br /><br />Although I think (at least privately) librarians would admit that what happens when they aren't looking is a different matter, they are (or feel they are) obliged to do everything they can about what happens within the bounds of the library.<br /><br />My criticism would be, as in other areas, rather than warning against the specific issue, a blanket technology based ban is implemented. This was the case with mobile phones in general where many libraries banned the use of mobile phones when the problem they were really trying to control was the noise created by people using phones. I'm happy to see many libraries now ask phones to be switched to silent and accept that other uses (e.g. watch, calculator, internet device) are compatible with library usage.Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15363304748950192248noreply@blogger.com