[Publib] as a profession......loyalty?

[Sue Kamm]

-----Original Message-----
>From: James Casey <jcasey at oaklawnlibrary.org>
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>The majority of public libraries are much smaller.  Only 11% of the
>9,500 public libraries in the USA serve populations of 50,000 or more.
>The vast majority of public library directors tend to be line workers
>right along with staff -- right in the trenches --- or directors of
>mid-sized libraries where a director is a flight of stairs away from the
>public service areas.  

Ah, but Jim, how many directors who are a flight of stairs away from public service areas actually go down those stairs and work with the front-line staff?  <g>



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