Some of the folks at the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System appear to have taken Naomi Klein's ALA conference speech as something more than the usual...
Since I live in Atl metro and know what is happening. This call for folks to contact local county officials is oh so appropriate. This director needs to leave,...
mockgator
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Aug 15, 2003 1:36 pm
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At our Boston Public Library BPLers are not only unencouraged about writing about their expertise by supervisory, managerial and executive officials, BPLers is...
Don Saklad
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Aug 16, 2003 4:45 am
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According to the San Antonio Express News (http://news.mysanantonio.com/story.cfm? xla=saen&xlb=180&xlc=1038967 ), the board of the San Antonio Public Library...
I suppose there were other reasons for the parting of the ways with the director...since she "did not work well with the city, county, private donors and other...
Columbiana Public: Absolute necessity of the director getting along politically with city officials. UAB: If you like to perform reference service, forget it!...
Article & photo of the Librarian Action Figure Toy From the Seattle Times http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/135224851_librarian10. html (I've...
How do you deal with the problem of smelly patrons diplomatically? Do you have a policy in place regarding body odor or people who wear too much fragrance? ...
Dear Xavier Bullwinkle, I just read your posting regarding my departure from the Indianapolis Marion County Public Library and resent you assumption that the...
Mr. Szynaka, Thanks for posting. While I think "great harm" overestimates the influence that my views have in the library world (I suspect that my praising...
[NOTE: this is a repost of a message that has been edited to remove what I later learned to be inaccurate information concerning a particular public library...
Dear Xavier, Thank you for your posting update and the posting to me. My reference to harm applied to the way the Library press and our local newspaper have...
I worked for this shithole for over 7 years' time. It was so horrific and horrible when I was there,I left. I was hoping perhaps it has changed since then....
xapquet
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Sep 23, 2003 5:07 am
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Voices of Professional Librarians Committed to Public Service "Often PSA [Professional Staff Association] members fear retaliation if they speak out. Members...
Don Saklad
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Oct 2, 2003 4:35 am
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Hi, what are your thoughts on the topic "The library tour, a waste of time?" Thanks...
Alli
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Oct 8, 2003 5:25 am
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At our Boston Public Library buildings complex in the Back Bay on Copley Square the library tours fail to give library users/clientele information about how to...
Don Saklad
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Oct 9, 2003 5:51 am
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Dear friend, You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally. I am the first Son of the most popular black farmer in...
zuludanjuma@...
Oct 29, 2003 5:51 pm
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BPL Chief Operating Officer and Chief of Staff Ruth Kowal relayed that President Bernie Margolis extends the offer of a personal walk through of the...
As a new entrant to the world of public librarianship, might I ask, roughly, what level of hostile treatment/ threats, etc., that one need accept from patrons,...
Thomas Roche
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Nov 8, 2003 4:01 pm
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... My condolences! ... Is the copier involved? online access? fees or fines? ... Does your new place of employment have an officer or security guard ...
I would say that personal safety is an issue for anyone in the public eye. I feel I should be treated with respect. No one should curse at me, have stalking...
... Within the first 6 weeks of my employment here, I had been threatened with direct physical assault twice, once actually by a staff member. In each case I ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Nov 13, 2003 1:48 am
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... Did you get some pictures of this? They should come in handy when the mds person gets a new job (with his new 'do'), and quickly becomes a Fortune 500...
... It is proving an interesting experience. I last worked as a school librarian in a specialty private boarding high school, dealing with underachievers and ...
Thomas Roche
tertullianus_2000@...
Nov 13, 2003 1:58 am
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... Be thankful you're also a man. As one of the few men in my former public library job (and a big guy at that), I usually had to stare down (or remove)...
