[Publib] AP story on library outsourcing

[Rachel Davis]

"Adelaide Rowe" <Adelaide.Rowe at egvpl.org> writes:
>One quick thought - WHO is in charge of the libraries? I am thinking of
>Blackwater and their fundamentalist Christian owner. If all books were
>ordered centrally, I think we would lose the local control. The thought
>of James Dobson and Pat Robertson choosing the books gives me the
>willies

For a profession that values fairness, accurate information, and a
commitment to representing all sides of an issue, we certainly jump to a
lot of conclusions based on a little bit of information and a few
hot-button concepts.

For this particular community in Oregon, it seems to be a choice between
no library service at all and the limited library service that is being
provided as a result of the contract with LSSI.  Surely, there is more
complexity to the situation than "corporation = evil."  And as
corporations go, LSSI doesn't seem to be among the worst that are out
there: [ http://www.lssi.com/index.html ]http://www.lssi.com/index.html

Rachel

Rachel Q. Davis
Children's Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
6 Scott Dyer Road
Cape Elizabeth, ME  04107
207-799-1720


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