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In Roman times, there was a uncommon military discipline practice called decimation. Meant as a way to punish cowardly or mutinous soldiers, it was a brutal practice in which groups of ten would draw lots; one man would be selected to be killed by the other nine men through clubbing, stoning, or only with their hands and feet. This 'removal of a tenth' punishment sent a clear message to the survivors: your actions (or lack of action) put you at risk for a disgraceful death. It was warning to all, a vicious lesson that the cruelty of the battlefield is nothing compared to the cruelty of your fellow countrymen.
With this emergence of a seemingly constant cycle of state and local budget crises occurring around the United States right now, this would be the perfect opportunity for the library profession to engage in some introspection. There is no better time than the present to engage in critical evaluation of the librarian as a profession, the public library funding models, the state of advocacy, and the current vision and path of the public library. I do not believe that the status quo of these aspects create a stable future continuity. This is the right time to get our proverbial house in order so as to secure the future of the institution in ten, twenty, fifty, and one hundred years from now.
First, there needs to be a philosophical shakeup in the librarian professional ranks. Quite frankly, let's face it: there are librarians working out there right now that are poor representatives of the profession. I'm talking about the people who actively exclude a particular group from receiving their attention or service. For example, librarians who serve children and adults but not teens (as if teens, once they would advance to maturity, would magically return to the library). Or those who have no time or empathy for the computer illiterate or others who require attention effort. I'm also talking about librarians who are incapable or unwilling to try new things. Whether it is online services or a different way of arranging the physical collection, this conservative mindset of "This is how we've always done it" permeates and stifles any attempts at better practices.
Personally, in the future, I think that the main focus of librarianship will rest on two areas: transliteracy and customer service. For me, transliteracy is the best umbrella concept to the multi-disciplinary knowledges that the future of information will require. With information storage occurring in a multiple of mediums (audio, video, and written recordings, for example), the ability to navigate the formats will become a necessity. As to the latter, customer service is perhaps our most touted and most overlooked professional criteria. People skills are a sorely overlooked basic requirement of librarianship. A librarian could be well versed in every item in a library, but it wouldn't matter a single bit if they lack the social skills to communicate this information with the patrons. Our jobs exist because of the people who come there, not the materials; otherwise, they could just hire a watchman to mind the building. I'm not aware of any library programs that teach any aspect of this vital skill, whether it is managing different personalities, conflict resolution, or other forms of social diplomacy. And this needs to change.
This aspect extends to our paraprofessional and support staff. In a nutshell, checking in and out materials and maintaining patrons records is trainable; finding someone who will act as an advocate for the library at the desk that most patrons interact with is not. And yet, we hire on the basis of the first part without much thought or consideration as to the face that we are giving the library by putting this individual at our most prominent position: the circulation desk. This simply cannot continue as a hiring practice.
With less public libraries around, it is my belief that there will be greater emphasis on the aforementioned skills when it comes to hiring. A tighter job market will (in theory) place bad and mediocre librarians at a hiring disadvantage. In turn, librarians who do not meet muster will be weeded out and replaced over time. Over a longer timeline, the profession can work towards attracting people who possess the transliteracy knowledge and customer service skills that will be vital to the future of the library as an institution.
Second, the current public library funding models need to be re-evaluated (and in some cases, restarted completely). Whether it is a dedicated tax line or levy, allotment of public funds, greater care and consideration need to be established between the library and those who write the checks for the funds. While this is not a universal issue in libraries (there are libraries that enjoy a good relationship with their respective local governing bodies), what is not universal is the knowledge or determination to establish and maintain this important relationship through all types of economic and political climates.
One of the lessons that I am learning in New Jersey right now is that the majority of elected officials do not have an ounce of a clue as to what the library does and how it impacts their constituents and communities. It is not a stretch of the imagination that, since they are voting for expenditures that fund programs and services for which they know nothing, they would not have an equally hard time cutting or eliminating such funding from the budget. These are the people that libraries rely on for the money that will keep their doors open. It is our failure to educate them as to the importance of library funding, the return of taxpayer investment in materials and services, and the overall impact on the people and the community. It is up to the profession to work towards better funding models by establishing and maintaining better relationships with their governing bodies.
In the absence of this commitment, there are inherent benefits to the restarting of library funding after being completely eliminated. While some may object to a complete loss of funding under the notion that re-establishing funding is an near insurmountable obstacle, this ignores the longer timeline of the institution and the greater benefits of (for lack of better phrase) fresh funding. It can offer a clean slate for the construction, layout, materials, and overall design of the library facility. I cannot imagine that there is not one librarian out there who cannot think of a library that could use a fresh start. The overall "feast and famine" years of library funding have a created locations across the country that reflect a mishmash of time periods and renovation expenditures. Personally, I'd rather have a library eliminated from a budget, return under a swell of community support, and begin anew than limp along with fickle cyclical funding and mediocre support.
With less public libraries, it will be the time to see which funding models thrive or flounder. These financial schemes can be evaluated and replicated in places that are looking to start or restart their libraries. Furthermore, it can create a chance to examine the relationships which impact library funding. In studying this aspect further, the profession can look at ways to instruct librarians (both old and new) as to how best to pursue their government financial minders. With perpetuity in mind, the profession can work towards creating the relationship that will result in a lasting funding scheme.
Third, library advocacy needs to move to a more consistent feature as part of the profession. The present prevalent format (desperate reactionary advocacy) should not be the status quo. It cannot continuously be an act of survival, content in the notion that the library get just enough funding to fight another day. While generally on a longer timeline, it begs compassion fatigue as the library funding needs to saved yet again.
Advocacy needs to be placed at the forefront (in both job duty and as a core graduate class component) as an active relationship between the library and the surrounding community. Set aside from the funding bodies (covered in the previous section), this activism seeks to maintain relationships between the library and active supporters (people who use the library) and passive supporters (people who support the library as an institution) [Otherwise known as my parents.] It benefits the institution to promote and cultivate this relationship in order to direct collection development and services, but acts as an additional system of political and/or financial support when the library/funding body relationship is less than stellar.
With less public libraries, there will be more emphasis placed on advocacy as a outreach approach, advocacy as a job skill and job duty, and advocacy as a more prominent and integral part of the profession. It is a shift from a completely reactive activism paradigm to a more proactive one. Without a renewed importance on these community relationships, the library as an institution will continue to dither, moving from one crisis (funding and public support, or lack thereof) to another (tripe existential "Are we still relevant?" blathering) in a non-constructive ceaseless pattern for a very long time. The activism that the profession embraces now as a larger core value sets the model and ground work for future librarians and their community relationships.
Fourth, the current vision and path of the public library needs some prolonged and serious discussion. This is already occurring in different places at different levels, but even with the amount of communication technology present, there seems to be people missing out on these dialogues. Even then, there is emphasis on particular aspects (such as Web 2.0, specific forms of outreach to niche communities, age based collection development, and so forth) rather than the library as an institutional whole. This is the conversation that really needs to happen before those in the profession attempt to fill in the details.
For myself, I don't feel that there is a coherent macro-level debate. Maybe I don't read the right blogs or trade publications or have the right connections, but what I read and hear is generally wrapped up in keeping libraries running or trying to modify an existing feature. It's not that these smaller talks don't have a place in library discussions, but it seems slightly out of step. It's like trying to value how much gold will be extracted from the ground without knowing where you will be mining, nevermind whether there will be any gold to be found. The question for me remains as this: what will the libraries of the future look like, act like, and what is their place in the community? The closing of public libraries should bring this question into sharper focus. And the answers, when discussed across the profession as a whole, should give better direction and purpose to those in the public library profession.
In my reckoning, it will take a catalyst such as the closing of more public libraries to reach this time in the wilderness. This modern decimation of our shared public institution should be the time to draw a new lesson: that it is not the end of the dreams of Franklin and Carnegie, but it is the beginning of a new era in the public collection and dissemination of knowledge. To step forth into this future, we must break from some practices of the past. If it takes the closing of libraries today in order to secure the future of libraries tomorrow, as painful as this would be, it just might be the right thing for the librarian profession.
Additional thoughts on this idea: The World Without Public Libraries
Edit: I added a link to the Libraries and Transliteracy blog, run by librarians Bobbi Newman, Buffy Hamilton, Brian Hulsey, and Tim Ipri. In their About section, they state that the blog is "a group effort to share information about the all literacies (digital literacy, media literacy, information literacy, visual literacy, 21st century literacies, transliteracies and more) with special focus on all libraries." As I feel that this skillset will become vital to the profession in the future, please check out their blog. It has some great posts; for certain, they are food for thought and you may just end up learning something new.
I disagree on many points here. For one you need to understand how public libraries were originally formed, not by governments or Carnegie, but Women's clubs and people who cared about their community. Furthermore, those losing their jobs aren't the cranky dinosaurs, but the fresh shoots. Just as we are going to make progress those are the ones that lose their jobs. I'd use a person in paticular as an example, but I won't. Also, you do need a seperate property tax that politicians can't touch. They do that in many states and in California. It needs to be more, but right now everyone is getting hit hard it isn't just libraries. I agree with you about the lack of leadership. Many directors just rested on their laurels and didn't do enough when things were good, thusly their predicaments are worse than others. I will add more, but should think about this more.
I too disagree with your point about library closures to improve the quality of staff. This could be achieved in a number of ways, to develop the skills, understanding and mindset of staff already working in libraries, rather than axing public services and punishing the public because of poor quality recruitment in the past. Closing libraries not only results in redundancies, but poor morale for the staff who are left behind. Even if they started off motivated, with the ability to advocate for their library, they will become less and less able to do so with every library closure. Besides, it doesn't take the physical closure of a library to replace a member of staff.
We also need to focus on ensuring that we have strong leaders and capable new staff entering the profession. The responsibility at the beginning lies with library schools. Mine does teach skills like managing personalities, change management, conflict resolution and social diplomacy. The responsibility then lies with the library authorities, who need to choose the right people for the jobs and make sure they have the support and encouragement they need to keep doing so. This hasn't happened, in so many cases.
With fewer libraries, libraries will not be able to generate effective advocacy. The idea that the survivors will feel the need to justify their existence and suddenly develop the skills to do so is flawed.
I disagree that closures are the only way to create positive substantial and lasting change. The removal of a service, however flawed, so that librarians can get their acts together, sets the wrong tone. It is not the right thing for the profession to decimate its own by forcing them out of the profession or to seek work elsewhere. It is the right thing to nurture development and change, reminding people of why they do the job they do and why it is so important. That can be achieved without devastating losses to the public and library staff.
Please look up the difference between "less" and "fewer". You undermine your argument with incorrect grammar.
Here is the Grammar Girl discussion about less vs fewer
Important thing to remember: Only thing worser than bad grammar is a grammar nazi.
I knew the difference between less and fewer.
Oh no. Poor grammar is unforgivable when used in an artcle written by a librarian
"Oh no. Poor grammar is unforgivable when used in an artcle written by a librarian"
You defence of proper grammar is greatly weakened by your lack of a period and the misspelled word.
Those who live in glass houses......LoL
Yes, and your misspelling of the word 'grammar' in the subject line weakens your reproach on the other commenter.
The use of "less" instead of "fewer" jumped out at me and I immediately took the article less seriously. Bad grammar and spelling make me distrust the authority of the writer.
the above exchange is now pointless - too caught up in being correct
I'll just point out that some of the best and most innovative public libraries have been hit the hardest by the cuts.
The part about customer service really hit home for me. I've gotten mediocre customer service at best from my local library staff. In some cases, I've received downright rude treatment from the ILL coordinator for daring to ask a question on why they can't change their highly restrictive ILL practices.
This library wants to expand, claiming that they need more space, but through their past behavior, have antagonized the community. It's not me, but others who have commented on how hard it is to volunteer there. From what I have heard, the prior director was there until she died and wasn't the most progressive or innovative librarian. Her hiring decisions were questionable as well.
I agree that libraries need to look at how they hire paraprofessional and staff positions. They need to start looking at outside applicants and quit promoting under qualified staff members for more technical positions. I had applied for a library technician position at my local public library, but did not even get an interview. A current library aide got the position. I know that I was qualified for the position due to my education and library experience, probably more than she was. The library director and city HR person would not consider hiring an outside candidate when the library director had an internal candidate in mind. That attitude is why many under qualified individuals keep their jobs when there are plenty of qualified outside candidates who could do them.
If there is an expansion or new building, I want to see some change in the libraries' policies to make it worth the expense. I want to see them get rid of the six month embargo on ILL requests for new books. I want to see them have a more active collection development policy or at least buy some more new books closer to their release dates, not two months later. I want to see that they are more open to members of the community volunteering their time and talents. I also would like to see a more transparent and open hiring policy. Unless some of those things happen, then I am against a new building.
"I had applied for a library technician position at my local public library, but did not even get an interview. A current library aide got the position. I know that I was qualified for the position due to my education and library experience, probably more than she was. The library director and city HR person would not consider hiring an outside candidate when the library director had an internal candidate in mind. That attitude is why many under qualified individuals keep their jobs when there are plenty of qualified outside candidates who could do them."
I might sound a bit naive, but sometimes in-house hiring/promotion is a good thing. Look at it from the other side. This "library aide" might be qualified with the right set of skills and is a hard worker, but gets passed over for someone who has no knowledge of this particular library. Getting passed over for an "outsider" is rough and often happens. For example, is it better to hire in-house the person who did ILL on back-up status when the regular ILL librarian was out sick/vacation/etc--a person who doesn't require any extra training--or hire someone from the outside who will require training and familiarization with the library's policies/city employee rules/etc.?
You just come across as bitter about not getting the job. As you indicated, you don't truly know what experience or qualifications the library aide had. You said you "probably" had more than she did. Probably is not definite. For the "transparent" hiring policies you want, look to your city goverment. As most public libraries are City departments, hiring policies stem from your city's HR department. Does your city have "transparency" in its other departments?
I'm a bit confused about the ILL 'restrictions' you mentioned. Are those about not loaning your library's new books out to other libraries or not allowing you to request new books? I understand many libraries have ILL policies about not loaning out their own new books to allow their patrons (the taxpayers who paid for the books) to have "first chance" at them, often because new releases are in high demand. They do this because the library's first responsibility is to their own taxpayers and supporters. I don't know of any libraries in my area that restrict patrons from attempting to see if another library would loan a new book. I mean, there's no harm in trying--the worst that can happen is the ILL request goes unfilled. So, if it's the latter, take that up with your particular library board.
As far as library getting new releases on time, back orders happen. If you have a basic understanding of how libraries purchase books, then you would understand that sometimes libraries get passed over when there is high demand for certain books. I know of one particular political book that was in such huge demand that it took my library four months to receive our copy. The particular company we ordered it through was supplying bigger libraries and bookstores first, so our solitary copy was placed on back order.
The last part about volunteers is often true. It is hard to volunteer because, at my library, there are only menial tasks that can be done, in part to library board/city policies not allowing volunteers to have access to patron information. And to find someone with the proper skills to shelve books or shelf-read is a lot harder than you think. Does your library have a Friends organization? If people want to volunteer, that would a be a really good place to start. Friends organizations do a lot to help libraries, from programming to fundraising to advocacy.
The ILL restrictions are for six months on ALL new material, not high circulation items and bestsellers. I can understand up to three months for most materials, but six months seems excessive. I can see the six month embargo for high circulation items and bestsellers.
I do know how libraries order books. I took some library science courses as part of my minor, including one on adult popular fiction. At most, it orders three copies of bestsellers and titles by certain authors. There's some titles that you would expect them to order in advance so they're ready to check out on or near the release date, but the recent Jodi Picoult the only one I've seen in the library week of release. I do think they put more focus on getting DVDs close to their release dates, which is a plus given the delayed releases on Neflix for many titles. I wish that spirit would extend to getting new books into the library sooner.
I am still bitter that I didn't get the position. I worked in my university library during college doing everything (ILL, processing, customer service). At the time I did not get this position, I was unemployed. I'm employed part time now, but am still looking for a full time position with daytime hours.
I know a number of public libraries use the civil service exam as part of their hiring process. That is a wonderful idea to me after this experience. It removes the aspect of perceived favoritism towards internal applicants and as long as the external applicant can pass the exam, then they have an equally fair chance at getting the job.
Still a bit confused about ILL. Is it on materials your library owns or on materials you would be requesting from other libraries? If the former, I can understand as the reasons I stated previously. If the latter, I would talk with the ILL librarian, the director, the library board for a reason why. It makes no sense to me. My library lets our patrons know that we have to abide by the loaning libraries policies, and we specifically tell patrons looking for newer releases that the request might not be filled based on that.
The purchasing of books--namely the delays in receiving the books--are mostly out the the library's hands. It's in the hands of companies that are trying to make money. As I said back orders happen. Not often enough to be a major problem, but still a minor inconvenience. Also, I know many of our new releases have waiting lists well in advance. Patrons can submit a request for a book even before it is released, and when the books are processed into the library the patrons are added to the waiting list in the computer system. Thus, many new releases never hit the shelves for the first several weeks. One example, our copies of The Da Vinci Code were out for a whole year because of the extended waiting lists. A year before they hit the fiction shelves! Is it possible this is happening? Or is it a lack of ordering in advance? Ask for their collection development policy.
I do wish you the best of luck in dealing with this library and in finding a full-time position.
To relate this back to the original post, I will say as another commenter did, that all libraries are structured differently based on their cities, counties, and states. Policies will be different for various reasons. If you have problems, such as the ones listed above, it isn't that their is a problem with libraries as a whole. It is within your own particular library and doesn't necessarily mean that there is a flaw within the idea behind public libraries.
Thank you for your wonderfully worded reply.
I love the idea behind public libraries. I had wonderful experiences with them in Illinois and Michigan, even with the budget cuts that have happened recently. I was able to get new releases within a month of street date via ILL in Michigan because some libraries did not have embargoes on lending new materials. They had this policy because most of each district/public (the wording varied in MI due to the source of the funding) libraries wanted to provide the best service for their patrons. That included including all material except for high circulating items in MELCAT, the state's ILL system, which replaced the regional systems. It saved individual libraries money on purchasing newer items that could be gotten via ILL, especially in rural areas.
ILL is an integral service than any can provide, especially in times where many local libraries have a limited collection development budget. It allows them to provide new materials to their patrons who like to read without having to buy the new materials for each individual patron's taste. It allows newer items that are simply sitting unread on shelves to be enjoyed by patrons in other locations.
Just remembered this and it might help. Our library had several standing orders for certain authors. Long story short, a few years back, there was major politicking and blustering by the city manager and ALL standing orders in ALL city departments were cut. So, our ordering librarian had to manually submit orders for the Danielle Steel, Nora Roberts, James Patterson plethora of books. And all pending orders had to be approved by the city manager before they could be submitted to the companies involved. Depending on the book companies' order policies, they may fill standing orders first. So, our library would get our copy later than usual. I mention this because, in part, it came from the city manager trying to control or cut spending. This might be relevant to your library, especially with budget cuts and closures happening more and more frequently.
Taking some library science courses, or even working in a college library, doesn't necessarily mean that you are familiar with all that is involved in the way public libraries handle city funds and what restrictions they have on those expenditures. When you add in budget shortfalls, ordering can get trickier. We've run out of money for book orders and supplies before the fiscal year is over. It becomes about being savvy enough to get the majority of the materials your patrons want, so maybe some books are not bought until the new fiscal year. Perhaps.
There is way more to how libraries work and how they interact (and sometimes struggle) with their governing bodies--city, county, state, local library board, state library department, and even the federal government than most patrons realize. The key is to ask questions, became familiar with the policies, find reasoning behind the policies, and ultimately find solutions to the problems.
I disagree with the characterization of libraries as backward, monolithic institutions that do not try new things, have dreadful customer service and horrible leadership. If it exists, it is more the exception than the rule. Libraries have changed a great deal in the past two decades and in fact it is that willingness to change that has helped us to survive.
The author calls for a "macro debate" and serious discussion about the future of libraries as if there is some universal solution. As if 50 of the best librarians will come out of it saying "eureka!" with some perfect path for everyone. None exists. Libraries are funded and structured differently from city to city, county to county and state to state. What may work in one community would be horrible in another. Yes libraries need to communicate, share solutions, policies and ideas. But to sit around and contemplate the "vision" of the public library as a whole to me using 2.0 web tools is just talk.
Know your community and do whatever it takes to keep them happy with your services. To me thats it. Stop wallowing in a mire of paralyzing professional introspection and act to please your customers.
>For myself, I don't feel that there is a coherent macro-level debate.
OK, at a macro level what do you want done? What do libraries need to do at a macro level? Lay out your ideas and lets discuss.
I may be going out on a limb here, but does any one else feel that posts like these are out of the scope of LISNews? I'm kinda getting tired of folks that put up blog posts on what is a news site. If I wanted to read your commentary, I'd go to your blog.
It looks like Andy created this as a blog post. Blog post show in the right hand column. I believe Blake has given several people the power to promote stories to the main column. If a blog post is promoted it shows that one of the LISNEWS authors thought it was noteworthy for some reason. I did not promote Andy's blog post but I would agree that it was noteworthy.
I don't think LISNEWS authors should promote their own blog post to the center column.
I personally like to see blog post on the site that generate discussion. Although the name of the site is LISNEWS I think the scope of the site has been broader than just news for several years. Having LISNEWS authors bring in posts from a wide range of sources with numerous viewpoints and agendas is one reason I like this site.
I would like to see more people use the blog feature on LISNEWS and share their ideas and viewpoints. Whether these blog posts get promoted to the center column is a separate issue. I believe that in the last couple years I have promoted a blog post to the center column only 2 or 3 times.
In the end the scope of the site is decided by Blake. From what he seems to allow I would guess that Blake has a wide scope envisioned for LISNEWS.
here, here. I agree with most of what is written. having been in the profession from the old card files to virtual libraries, much has changed and the profession has not kept up. i'm put out by the "we've always done it this way" approach. too much of that has gone on.
Where are state librarians and library schools in this? shouldn't they and ALA be addressing how libraries are different, how to refurbish funding avenues. maybe better ways of revenue streams that are more stable and state legislature safe. surely there are some better minds than mine who can come up with something. something like the tobacco tax % going to anti-smoking campaigns. A book sale tax (online & retail)?
i hate to see libraries close but maybe that will alert the populace and governing bodies what we've been trying to tell them all along but weren't heard.
I disagree with almost all of what you wrote. Our small village is a low income area. The next larger city is 15 miles away. Many do not have the means to travel there for any activities or research. There is nothing here to serve the residents other than the library. Our summer reading program is outstanding and gives children something to do to keep them out of trouble. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone has a computer at home. I could go on and on but I will just say this. I would gladly pay the utilities out of my own pocket just to keep our library open. That is how important it is to our little community.
What decimation means in real-life land is that people with the most seniority (in union libraries), or administration pets (in non-union libraries) will keep their jobs until they retire. The young people that are needed in this line of work will get put out, and will find another line of work. The troublemakers--exactly the kind of people who are needed to question the status quo--will be looking for other work, too.
It is typical of my fellow librarians that such a thougt-provoking blog post would be followed by conversational digressions about grammar and ILL practices. The author threw down some serious challenges to our continued existence and, uncertain about how to react, some of us retreat into unimportant details.
Here's my recommendation for improving public libraries: think outside the MLS box. Forget about trying to fix library school programs-- that's the long way around the mountain. Hire in from other professions and other environments. Go for a little hybrid vigor! Professional polish, problem solving skills, good customer service practices, and a flair for community outreach are more important than whether or not you've taken a course on serials management or collection development.
I agree with the idea of looking outside MLS degrees only - I use more of the skills I learned while working as an office manager (aka secretary) in a University department while I was getting my masters than the skills I actually learned from my fancy (and expensive) degree.
Working in a library system that was almost shut completely down a few months ago this article really hits close to home for me. We have been having funding problems for the last few years and people (librarians/ library staff/ and the public) are beyond frustrated and starting to get to the point of almost hopeless. First they tried to close 4 branches permanently - there was a huge public outcry and the branches were saved by a technicality in the city charter at the 12th hour. This past December all branches and regionals were going to be closed - we were so close to closing that arrangements were being made to pick up the pink slips for all 750 employees that were going to be laid off when funding came through at the last minute to keep us open. Now after being told there would be no more cuts to the library we are facing losing another 2 million in funding after losing 8 million last year.
The thought of this city without libraries is depressing - and it's even more depressing when I see the comments in the local paper about 'nobody uses the library anymore anyway' and 'who really needs the library' and 'waste of our money, people don't need the library when they have the internet'. Obviously these people haven't bothered to visit their local library to see the computers being used, books being checked out, and the children who comes every day after school for homework help. These are the people who
While in theory starting over would be great- the convoluted hiring policies would not actually give this system the ability to hire the best people for the positions - instead we would end up with the same surly union protected library assistants who took a clerk exam and were shoved into the library system and librarians who start out enthusiastic but are eventually beaten down by the system. The reality is that the face of the library, unfortunately, is generally the undereducated and uncaring library assistants who couldn't care less about the library. This problem is larger than just the libraries and more the problem of a large civil service hiring process, unfortunately this issue wouldn't be resolved with the closing of libraries and I have a feeling that this is the case in a lot of large civil service library systems.
I would disagree with your closing comments. Yes, the "library assistants" are the face of the library. I have found that a majority of those library assistants and paraprofessionals are the ones most in touch with what's going on in the library and the patrons' needs/wants. The management sit in offices all day trying to think of ways to be relevant. What good is any degree, MLIS or otherwise, if you don't understand the patrons?
Funny you talk of "seeing the forest for the trees", yet the MLIS degree and library school issue is only one facet of the problem.
...and not management, not at all. That's why the "upside" of this is that you can get rid of those rotten employees and replace them, and leave the wonderful, flawless managers in place. Go suck an egg, Andy
You're right. There are people at all levels that are resistant to new ideas. The problem is that at the top, there is no accountability. I can't tell you how many good, proactive outreach ideas either got strangled in the crib by our top brass, or had to be done by skirting around them.
... and that's the trouble with librarians. They are folks who failed at the jobs they really wanted to do, so they took the job of a clerk. Librarians are glorified clerks. Get over it. Journalists sure are having to get over their issues. Right?
It's similar to most other professions, except the median income is much lower for a position requiring a graduate degree. Most of our full-time librarians are in management or have instructional roles.
I'm sure there are many in the World today finding their work economically obsolete; obviously writers, grammarians, and plenty of others with simple, nasty opinions.
Many of the librarians I know could do many other jobs quite successfully.
And I think it's wonderful that you, assumably not a librarian, take such time and interest in librarys to read this article and comment. (yes, I started a sentence with And; and I puncuate freely) ;)
(sp) 'libraries' that is. my bad
After running a community library for a non-profit organisation in Africa I learned the difficult (but also fun) way that libraries waste unnecessary funds on things they hold sacred - but aren't sacred. For example, why do they cover books in plastic? Waste of time. Wast of money. More gunk in the landfills. The plastic photodegrades faster than the book does. Most books are just fine without it - after all, they're not wiping each book returned with sanitizing-deodorizing-sedatives are they? Here's another example: why do libraries buy new publications from publishers or agents or bookstores? Why don't they buy gently-used books? Our entire library has as a monthly budget of ZAR350 (about US$45) and we have 3800 patrons and another estimated 4500 regular users (and 2 librarians!). How is this possible you ask? Because we buy second hand books, receive donations (which we sort strongly and use some of to swap at book-exchanges). And because we're dedicated to principals like 'trees are more important than books' and they are. Why is every other business under pressure to be more environmentally friendly, to cut costs while developing benefits, but not libraries?
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I am not knocking your non-profit work for African Libraries, but in my public library in Illinois, the patrons (people that pay hard-earned taxes to support our library) would generally be pretty dissatisfied if we waited that long to get a new book on the shelves. There is no way we would wait for a copy to appear on the second-hand market.
Now, if you want to argue that we should not be buying physical copies but instead be utilizing e-books, that's a different matter.
>would generally be pretty dissatisfied if we waited that long to get a new book on the shelves.
I have seen plenty of libraries that buy new books that never get read. I am ok with buying new books that there is specific demand for. But for fiction books with no specific demand wait two months and the price of the book on the secondary market will be real low.
As an MLS librarian, I worked many years in PA and then came to NJ five years ago. It's my perception that the failures of advocacy you point out are really an outstanding feature of the NJ library landscape. I'm not sure why that should be, but when I compare the Pennsylvania Library Association and even ALA with NJLA for activism, I'm baffled by the lack of activism. Is there some deepseated concern that being activist will doom library funding?
After reading the comments above, and having worked as a
"para professional" in an academic library for the past ten years,
I have to add my "two cents". When you work in a library, the end product of your efforts is to better the patron...in whatever means is requested. You have information, in whatever form...you determine how best to communicate, share, or direct that information...and always consider your audience...I enjoy working in the capacity and environment of a library
and look forward to ways to better my services to our patrons.
If that process involves change, so be it. Closing of a library is limiting the enrichment of individuals who use that library. The library is not just a building or institution, it is "an agent of change" that is constantly developing.
Losing libraries would definitely add value to the ones that survive your proposed decimation. May I suggest that closing your own library would be a convincing point in your argument
And what about the talented workers who run the library - Librarians and circ staff alike? It is NOT fine to toy with pensions, interrupt mortgage payments and rent and then start them back up again whenever. These are people with lives and families who depend on them. Revamp? Sure. But don't unnecessarily drop people from the payroll when they have served the public wonderfully for years.
This is an accurate description of the state of libraries today and the changes that must be made to keep them viable. Each point is applicable to our situation in Hood River, OR where a ballot measure to create a library taxing district just failed. We are in the midst of trying to figure out what we will do now and it is already clear that change is hard. Keep the ideas coming. They are helpful.
I confess, you had me at transliteracy and CS so I pretty much stopped reading there.
There's a problem with your idea.
Part of the reason lousy librarians are able to keep their jobs is because many places operate on a seniority system. Thus, the ambitious new librarians (the ones who want to make our industry better) would be the first ones let go if more libraries were to close.
Take me. I've been in my system for just under three years. I am the YA librarian at my branch, I am a member of the adult reference group that is working to improve reference service systemwide, I host numerous events and I'm helping to overhaul our system's tools to help job seekers. This is all on top of my regular duties of weeding the collection, ordering books, supervising our pages and doing a few hours a day on the Reference Desk
Then there's Penny (not her real name, obviously). Sally's been in the system for ten years and does nothing. She hosts no programs, orders no books, does no weeding, doesn't care about helping people...nothing whatsoever. She does two hours a day on the Reference Desk, pulls her holds and plays online puzzles the rest of the day. She has even told me that her goal is to do even less!
To People like Penny, being a librarian isn't about helping people. It isn't about delivering great customer service. It isn't about making our library the best it can be. It's about clocking in, clocking out and getting paid for the time in between, while doing as little as is humanly possible.
If my library system were to close my branch, I will be let go before Penny is, because I only have three years in the system. I'm working hard, every day, to make a difference in the system and I would be kicked out, while Penny, who is only there to collect a paycheck and kill time until she can go home to her cats, would remain.
So I must disagree with you that closing more libraries would squeeze out the dead wood like Penny. In fact, it would have the opposite effect on my system: it would force out all of the younger librarians like me, who want to make the system better, faster, more responsive and smarter.


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After eight years break the European GP returned to Formula 1 calendar in 1993 for so far the one only F1 race at Donnington Park, the planned post 2009 British GP venue. And again same as back in 1983 the European GP happened because plans for another race, the Asian GP in Japan, failed. There were several memorable European GP races in the past and the 1993 Donnington race is one of them, remembered as perhaps the greatest Ayrton Senna's victory. The race started in wet rainy conditions. After start Prost held on to his P1 ahead of Hill while Senna dropped one back behind to fifth behind Wendlinger and Schumacher. However by the end of lap one Senna was leading the race (video). He won this wet-dry-wet-dry race over a minute ahead of Damon Hill who was the only driver on the same lap Senna (after unlapping himself).
Then came 1994 and another need to replace failed race. The track for Argentinian GP was not ready on time and so the race moved to Jerez as European GP. Michael Schumacher started the race from pole position ahead of Hill and Mansell. Hill took lead at the start but lost it after first pit stop. He then had to pit again due to refueling error and his chances for race win were gone. Hill finished second, ahead of Hakkinen, Irvine, Berger and Frentzen.
In 1995 European Grand Prix returned to Nurburgring for the first F1 race on that track since 1985. Thanks to Michael Schumacher it was another European GP to remember. David Coulthard took the pole position before weather spoiled the session for several other drivers. Coulthard however spun and stalled the car on damp track during the installation lap and had to switch to a spare car. Despite this error he still managed to take the lead at the start, ahead of Schumacher and Hill. As the track began to dry all the cars on wet tyres made pit stops and as a result Alesi found himself leading the race about 20 seconds ahead of Coulthard, Schumacher and Hill. Hill was trying to overtake Schumacher and the two traded places few times, at the however Schumacher claimed his position back and pulled away. Both Schumacher and Hill later overtook in the spare car struggling Coulthard.
While Alesi and Schumacher pitted Hill closed the gap to the leader. He however broke his front wing, had to make pit stop and later crashed out. It was Schumacher's turn now to challenge Alesi. He closed down the gap and with few laps to go there was nothing separating these two. Schumacher went for it with a risky move into the chicane (video). He pulled it off and went on to win the race in front of his home crowd. After the race even Damon Hill joined the German fans in applauding Schumacher's drive.
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Crowd Dynamics: I was at the N-ring for the euro races in 95 and then again in 96. The races were only a few months apart due to the 95 race being at the end of the season and the 96 race being near the beggining of that season. At the 95 race I had one of only two (that I could see) Ferrari flags flying amidst the Germans. Everytime the Ferrari drivers or car showed up on the big screen there was a chorus of whistles and boos across the entire circuit! I proudly kept my colors aloft the whole weekend and Jean Alesi was barely beat out by Schumacher in the closing stages of the race to the delight of the Germans. The next year was a completely different story. The same Germans that had made wise cracks at me about the questionable reliability of the Ferrari all weekend were now all in red! Aaahh! It drove me nuts to no end and I had real trouble accepting the Germans into the tifosi community. Of course I had mixed feelings about Schumi too at that point but the rest is history, wonderful history, wrapped in a red banner with a black prancing stallion. I'm not sure what this has to do with Valencia but the "euro" gp moniker got me to thinking about those days.
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Country | Australia |
State | Queensland |
Region | Far North Queensland |
Source | Mount Hypipamee |
- elevation | 1,200 m (3,937 ft) |
Mouth | Smithfield |
Length | 165 km (103 mi) |
Basin | 2,138 km2 (825 sq mi) |
The Barron River is located on the Atherton Tableland inland from Cairns in Northern Queensland, Australia. With its headwater at Lake Tinaroo, it is more than 165 kilometres (103 mi) long and has a catchment area of approximately 2138 km².[1]
The river's original Aboriginal name is Bibhoora. The river gained its current name in 1875 when two police sub-inspectors, Johnstone[2] and Douglas, named it after Thomas Henry Bowman Barron (c1835 – 24 June 1882), chief clerk of police in Brisbane. The European discovery of the river was by James Venture Mulligan in 1874.[citation needed]
The lower reaches of the Barron River have a well-documented history of flooding dating from early last century.[3] Tinaroo Falls Dams has little effect on the mitigation of floods. Both agricultural and residential areas can be affected. A network of rainfall and river height field stations was established in 1995 to provide a flood warning system for the Cairns City Council.[3]
Heavy rain associated with a cyclone early in 1939 caused substantial flooding on the Barron River and resulted in the river changing its course. The mouth of the Barron moved about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north from Casuarina Point on the northern Cairns esplanade to Ellie Point.[4]
Some of the river's worst flooding occurred in 1950. This was due to a major tropical cyclone following the contour of the Queensland coast for over a week.[citation needed]
Over time, some of the Mitchell River's former headwaters were diverted by natural forces into the Barron. These include the Clohesy River and other tributaries that used to flow northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria. With the extra water now flowing over the 260 metre high Barron Falls, the steep, narrow Barron Gorge was formed. Much of the water that used to flow over the falls has now been diverted in upstream dams and used to generate electricity at the Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station.[5]
The Barron's headwaters start in the Mount Hypipamee National Park near Mount Hypipamee at an elevation of 1200 m. The river then flows north 65 kilometres (40 mi) across the Atherton Tablelands before finally turning east after Mareeba towards Kuranda. After passing under the Kuranda Range Highway's bridge and through Kuranda proper, it descends down the 260-metre high Barron Falls and reaches the Cairns floodplains near Smithfield. Dinner Falls are located along the upper Barron River.
The river's catchment area includes the major tributaries flowing into Lake Tinaroo including Kauri, Mazlin, McLean, Maroobi, Peterson and Severin Creeks. It also absorbs most of the major tributaries on the Atherton Tableland, including Emerald Creek, Granite Creek, the Clohesy River and Stoney Creek.[1] This also includes Thomatis Creek, which has only been connected to the Barron since 1932 and has been responsible for diverting part of the flow from the river. Freshwater Creek joins the Barron River below the Gorge and drains Lake Morris and the Lamb and Whitfield Ranges.
Before entering the Pacific Ocean, the river's delta splits into three distributaries, the main river channel, Thomatis/Richters Creek and Redden Creek. During times of flooding two other distributaries also operate – Barr Creek and Half Moon Creek.
The stocking of exotic sports fish into the river has led to a serious decline in the diversity and abundance of native fish.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b "Water resources – Overview – Queensland – Basin & Surface Water Management Area: Barron River". Australian Natural Resources Atlas. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. Archived from the original on 22 June 2009. Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ "Stratford Heritage Trail". The Stratford and Freshwater Community Association (SAFCA). Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ^ a b "Flood Warning System for the Barron River". Bureau of Meteorology (Australia). Retrieved 23 May 2009.
- ^ Johnson, David (2004). The geology of Australia. Cambridge University Press. p. 197. ISBN 0-521-84121-6.
- ^ Shilton, Peter (2005). Natural areas of Queensland. Mount Gravatt, Queensland: Goldpress. p. 45. ISBN 0-9758275-0-2.
- ^ Low, Tim. (2003). The New Nature. Penguin: Sydney. ISBN 0-14-300194-9


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