Respect your library, and public restrooms

Respect your library, and public restrooms: “Potty talk, or What They Don’t Teach Us in Library School” is a topic on which I’ve lectured several times at librarian conferences, and I was able to point to Noel Wien Library’s restrooms as models of improved design. Several years ago we brightened the restroom lighting considerably, replaced old, dark wall tiles with lighter ones, added timers to the toilets, urinals, and faucets, as well as stainless steel dividers, and new air blade hand dryers. Old-style blower dryers, for example, were used by those bathing in the sinks, and thereby flooding the whole room, to dry body parts other than their hands; that’s impossible with the blades, which are also quieter and use far less electricity.

July 29, 2013 by Uncategorized 2

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2 Responses

  1. StephenK says:
    July 29, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    Timers?
    What interval would those be set for?

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  2. Lee Hadden says:
    July 30, 2013 at 6:06 pm

    Thank goodness these people never have to wash their face!
    Thank goodness these people never have to wash their face! With a bladed blow dryer, they are SOL.

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