[Publib] AP story on library outsourcing

[Rachel Davis]

"Hammock, Shannon" <SHammock at riversideca.gov> writes:
>I think we might buying into a LSSI sale pitch if we tell ourselves that
>the choice is “only” between having LSSI run the libraries and having no
>libraries at all.

Based upon the information provided by the newspaper articles, this seems
to be the choice that the community of Medford was facing.  It appears
that the muncipal governing body made the choice to contract with LSSI in
order to provide some limited library services after having been able to
provide none at all as a result of the loss of federal forestry funds.  
None of us knows how they crunched the numbers or what their other options
were, but it seems unfair to assume they made a poor choice simply because
they contracted with a private company, or to conclude--based on little
more than fear and conjecture--that LSSI is evil and the municipal leaders
of the town are buffoons.  

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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