[Publib] re: thieving

[Dusty Gres]

Oh, does that mean that since they are paid for with my tax dollars, I can
call and get a ride home on a fire truck when my car breaks down? And, when
I need paper for my home printer I can just trot down to City Hall and ask
for a ream? 
Why is the library expected to provide free paper, staples, paperclips,
pens, pencils, disks, white-out, envelopes, the list goes on...
The library is not an office supply store just as the fire station isn't a
taxi service. One person didn't pay for all the library materials, many
people did. One person shouldn't use the library as their personal supply
depot or coffee shop.
I admit that the issue of not paying the price for a cup of coffee seems
trivial but -- I would be willing to bet that Starbucks wouldn't think so. I
admit that a golf pencil seems trivial but I would be willing to be that
Office Dept doesn't. 
Little things do add up.  I'll tell you, right now I don't have the money in
my budget to buy golf pencils for my patrons to use in the library, much
less for them to take home!

Dusty Gres
Director
Ohoopee Regional Library System
610 Jackson Street
Vidalia, GA 30474
http://www.ohoopeelibrary.org
 

-----Original Message-----
From: publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:publib-bounces at webjunction.org]
On Behalf Of Sara Weissman
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 9:40 AM
To: publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] re: thieving

>> This must be stopped immediately before 
anyone gets the idea that library services are free 

Or, that the library, the golf pencils, the paperclips, etc. might have paid
for with their tax dollars?! Zounds ...


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Morris County Library
http://www.mclib.info
(973) 285-6969 


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