greater victoria public library

this is not learning 2.0 related - well, it's not part of the activities that i am actually behind on. but it is library related. i spent the weekend in victoria, and while i was there, i checked out the greater victoria public library. here's a picture of the main branch in downtown victoria:


the main differences i noticed in the way they run things were related to their use of millenium. the first thing i noticed was that they use hand-written hold slips. i can't imagine how long that must take! i thought that maybe they used some other software, but then i actually saw millenium on their screens. my husband and i got temporary library cards to use the computer. for that they used a patron-on-the-fly application that i didn't even know existed. they gave us an actual library card (which we gave back) to use one time.
it's just interesting to see how different libraries address the same problems.