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Trouble in Souix Center, IA

This was posted to the state-wide Iowa librarian’s mailing list so I don’t think there’s much of an issue with me posting it here. (I’ll admit I don’t know any details beyond what’s said here but it does sound like something stinks about the whole situation.)

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Date: Wed, 31 May 2006 18:29:27 -0500
From: Karen Bjorkman 
To: iowalib@silo.lib.ia.us
Subject: [Iowalib] (no subject)

Hi all:

Well the shit hit the fan!  Marilyn Mouw retired
March 13, 2006,  I asked her to take her retirement.
She is the sister-in-law of the city manager here 
in Sioux Center and he objected to her retiring.

So he put pressure on the city council and they 
put pressure on the Library Board and they fired 
me at his request.

Be advised that when the add comes out if anyone 
accepts the position they are walking into a hot 
potato.

Nice knowing all of you.

Karen Bjorkman
former director Sioux Center Public Library
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Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year. Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.

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