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Well, I for one kind of enjoyed the pajama talk. Glad it's over but it was a diversion.<font size="2">
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<br />LaVonne Marshall
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Director
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Coopersville Area District Library
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333 Ottawa Street
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Coopersville MI 49404
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616-837-6809
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"If you have good thoughts they will shine out of your face like sunbeams
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From: <susan.wess@milanlibrary.org>
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To: "Cathleen A Russ" <C.Russ@troymi.gov>, "Donna
Winter" <dwinter@livonia.lib.mi.us>, "Mike Evans"
<mevans@hastingspubliclibrary.com>
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Cc: "michlib-l \(michlib-l@lists.mcls.org\)"
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Sent: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 19:39:21 -0700
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library
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<br />> I think we should discuss if they come in wearing pjs
and carrying a cat that they want to become a library cat <img border="0" title="Tongue out" alt="Tongue out" mce_src="https://imagesak.secureserver.net/webmail/smiley/smiley-tongue-out.gif" src="https://imagesak.secureserver.net/webmail/smiley/smiley-tongue-out.gif" />
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<br />> <span style="color: rgb(136, 136, 136);"><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">Susan Wess, M.L.I.S.
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library
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From: Cathleen A Russ <<a href="mailto:C.Russ@troymi.gov">C.Russ@troymi.gov</a>>
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Date: Wed, November 20, 2013 6:06 pm
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To: "Donna Winter " <<a href="mailto:dwinter@livonia.lib.mi.us">dwinter@livonia.lib.mi.us</a>>,
Mike Evans
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<<a href="mailto:mevans@hastingspubliclibrary.com">mevans@hastingspubliclibrary.com</a>>
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Cc: "michlib-l (<a href="mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org">michlib-l@lists.mcls.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org">michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</a>>
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<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Should
we focus on the pajama pants, or be happy they are using the library instead of
going elsewhere? <o:p /></span>
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</o:p></span>
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</o:p></span>
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</o:p></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cathleen
Russ, Library Director<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Troy
Public Library <o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">510
W. Big Beaver Road<o:p /></span>
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MI 48084<o:p /></span>
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<br />> <b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif";">
<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org">michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org">mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Donna Winter
<br />> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20,
2013 2:22 PM
<br />> <b>To:</b> Mike Evans
<br />> <b>Cc:</b> michlib-l (<a href="mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org">michlib-l@lists.mcls.org</a>)
<br />>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library<o:p /></span>
<br />> <o:p> </o:p>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Do you
also tell young men they can't wear their jeans around their knees? What about
girls in yoga pants/leggings? Then there's the grandma in a
miniskirt....<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">
<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">Point
is, there's no accounting for taste, but a public building is not a fine dining
establishment. If these people are not embarrassed to go out in public in their
pajamas, it may be a sign of the downfall of society, but does it really effect
staff's ability to give good public service?<o:p /></span>
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<br />> Donna Winter, Automation Services Librarian
<br />> Livonia Civic
Center Library
<br />> 32777 Five Mile Road
<br />> Livonia, MI 48154
<br />>
ph: 734-466-2675<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;"><o:p>
</o:p></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">From:
</span></b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">"Mike
Evans" <<a href="mailto:mevans@hastingspubliclibrary.com" target="_blank">mevans@hastingspubliclibrary.com</a>>
<br />>
<b>To: </b>"Kay Hurd" <<a href="mailto:khurd@adlmi.org" target="_blank">khurd@adlmi.org</a>>, "Lois Hartman" <<a href="mailto:lrhartman8@yahoo.com" target="_blank">lrhartman8@yahoo.com</a>>
<br />> <b>Cc:
</b>"michlib-l (<a href="mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@lists.mcls.org</a>)" <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@mail.mcls.org</a>>
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<b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, November 20, 2013 2:10:17 PM
<br />> <b>Subject:
</b>Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hey,
I have an idea, you know how they have a [UTF-8?]“People of [UTF-8?]Walmart”
[UTF-8?]website…. </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Michael
Evans</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Community
Outreach Coordinator</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hastings
Public Library</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">227
E State St</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Hastings,
MI 49058</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">269-945-4263</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">
</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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<br />> <b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; color: black;">
<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org</a>
[<a href="mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org" target="_blank">mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mail.mcls.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kay Hurd
<br />> <b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 20, 2013
1:03 PM
<br />> <b>To:</b> Lois Hartman
<br />> <b>Cc:</b> michlib-l (<a href="mailto:michlib-l@lists.mcls.org" target="_blank">michlib-l@lists.mcls.org</a>)
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Michlib-l] pajamas in the library</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="color: black;">
<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span [utf-8?]style="color:black">I’ve seen a lot
worse come into our library then pjs. As long as [UTF-8?]they’re wearing
a shirt and have shoes on we put up with it.<o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />>
<span style="color: black;"> <o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="color: black;">Kay Hurd
<br />> Director
<br />> Almont District
Library
<br />> 213 W. St. Clair, PO Box 517
<br />> Almont, MI 48003
<br />>
(810)798-3100 voice
<br />> (810)798-2208 fax
<br />> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:khurd@adlmi.org">khurd@adlmi.org</a><o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="color: black;"> <o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="color: black;">On Nov 20, 2013, at 12:58 PM, Lois Hartman <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:lrhartman8@yahoo.com">lrhartman8@yahoo.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="color: black;"><o:p>
</o:p></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">This
is one of my pet peeves. I would like to hear see something on this
also.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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<br />>
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">
</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Lois Hartman
<br />> Watervliet District
Library</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">
</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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<br />> <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; color: black;">On
Wednesday, November 20, 2013 12:51 PM, North Adams Library <<a target="_blank" href="mailto:northadamslibrary@gmail.com">northadamslibrary@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">Hello
all,</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">How
do you address the issue of adults wearing their pjs to the library? Not for a
special program, they just are out and about in their pjs. I searched online
this weekend for policies dealing with this, but found nothing.</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">If
you have a policy that addresses this issue, I would appreciate hearing from
you.
<br />>
<br />> Thank you!</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">Phyllis
<br clear="all" /> </span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
<br />>
<br />> <span style="font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; color: black;">
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<br />> Phyllis Rickard
<br />> Director
<br />> North Adams
Community Memorial Library
<br />> 110 E. Main St., PO Box 248
<br />> North
Adams, MI 49262
<br />> 517-287-4426
<br />> <a target="_blank" href="mailto:northadamslibrary@gmail.com">northadamslibrary@gmail.com</a>
<br />> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.northadamscml.michlibrary.org/">http://www.northadamscml.michlibrary.org/</a></span><span style="color: black;"><o:p /></span>
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