memes and SOP

From: Dan Roland (roland2@carrollsweb.com)
Date: Mon Apr 30 2001 - 12:22:18 BST

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    Please excuse the newbie questions here.

    I have been working on a list of what I think are memes in public
    libraries:

    1. charging fines for overdue materials.
    2. requiring a library card in order to check out materials.
    3. arranging materials according to the Dewey Decimal system.
    4. security systems to guard against book theft.

    and I am curious to hear from the more learned on this list as to
    whether or not these do consitute memes and why.

    Another name for each of these in organizational parlance would be
    "standard operating procedure" and I would also be curious to any
    comment on the difference.

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