[Publib] Re: New Jersey Librarian under fire

[Judy Anderson]

Okay, so it's really hot here in Oregon and my brain is melting.

That's counsel, not council.

Judy Anderson
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>From: "Judy Anderson" <libraryanna at msn.com>
>To: publib at webjunction.org
>Subject: RE: [Publib] Re: New Jersey Librarian under fire
>Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 15:48:41 -0700
>
>Actually, as a retired attorney, I see potential conflict of interest here. 
>The borrough attorney would likely represent the police as well as the 
>library. Ethically they can't do both and in that case, it is perfectly 
>reasonable for the library director to seek outside council, especially 
>council that knows and understands the constitutional issues involved. And 
>on some level, the librarian was probably seeking council on a personal 
>basis as well. Something the borrough lawyer could not offer advice on.
>
>Judy Anderson
>Oregon
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>>From: greg at shush.ws
>>To: publib at webjunction.org
>>Subject: [Publib] Re: New Jersey Librarian under fire
>>Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 11:47:54 -0500
>>
>>
>>   She should have called the borough's lawyer like she was supposed too. 
>>The "larger issue" here isn't her setting an example like she implies but 
>>in the politicization of our profession. That her instinct was to go to 
>>the NJLA instead of through normal channels speaks volumes. Shame on her, 
>>shame on us for letting it get this bad.
>>
>>  Greg
>>  SHUSH
>>www.shush.ws
>>
>> >
>> > Message: 3
>> > Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 09:32:24 -0700 (PDT)
>> > From: Arlene Sahraie <sahraie at yahoo.com>
>> > Subject: [Publib] New Jersey Librarian under fire
>> > To: publib at webjunction.org
>> > Message-ID: <20060623163224.44650.qmail at web34510.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>> >
>> > Fellow Publibbers:
>> >
>> >    I am a long time lurker but today I want to speak out loudly and 
>>publicly
>> > on behalf of my friend, Michele Reutty.
>> >
>> >    Michele Reutty is not only a very close and deeply valued friend and 
>>fellow
>> > Library Goddess/Trivia maven, she is a Library Director of unquestioned 
>>ethics
>> > working tirelessly and enthusiastically for the benefit of the 
>>community she
>> > has served for 17 years, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey.  She is also 
>>the First
>> > Vice-President/President Elect of the New Jersey Library Association.
>> >
>> >    When faced with the fire she has drawn from segments of her 
>>community in
>> > two public hearings, she has proven herself a great librarian holding 
>>her head
>> > up and looking people in the eyes when they questioned her ethics, her
>> > performance, and her concern for the residents of Hasbrouck Heights.
>> >
>> >    Michele is buoyed by the flood of emails she is receiving from 
>>across the
>> > country thanking her and supporting her actions.
>> >
>> >    Please check out these links to read the article that started it all 
>>and
>> > what people are saying in support of Michele on Slashdot.
>> >
>> >    This article at NorthJersey.com...
>> >
>> > Library chief draws cops' ire
>> > 
>>http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MDYmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTY5NTE1NjImeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkz
>> >
>> > ...has fueled a lot of discussion at Slashdot...
>> >
>> > Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
>> > http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/06/06/22/2251209.shtml
>> >
>> >
>> >    It appears that the sleepy little town of Hasbrouck Heights, New 
>>Jersey and
>> > it's longtime library director have become national news and Michele is
>> > becoming a national hero.  For this friend, it's no surprise.
>> >
>> >    Arlene Sahraie
>> >    Library Services Director
>> >    Bergen County Cooperative Library System, BCCLS
>> >    Hackensack, NJ
>> >
>> >    www.bccls.org
>> >
>> >
>> > "So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the 
>>Supreme
>> > Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The 
>>America
>> > I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. "
>> >
>> > Kurt Vonnegut
>> > In These Times
>> > August 2004
>>
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