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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One Reply to “Carlos Gimenez, Miami-Dade Mayor: ‘The Age Of The Library Is Probably Ending’”
Well, I don’t mean this as a knock on him personally, but given his past as a (by all accounts, excellent) firefighter, maybe he’s not taken a great deal of time to think through the question itself. I certainly hope that’s not his opinion. Besides, it’s a pretty tepid opinion if it is one at all: “People have said…” and “probably ending.” So not only will he not take specific credit for the thought, but he doesn’t want to commit, either.
I can only hope other city officials across America don’t feel the same way.
The news that Miami-Dade Mayor was axing funding for a no-kill program at county animal shelters got worse on Monday when he announced that nearly two dozen local library branches would also be shuttered to avoid a tax increase.
Well, I don’t mean this as a knock on him personally, but given his past as a (by all accounts, excellent) firefighter, maybe he’s not taken a great deal of time to think through the question itself. I certainly hope that’s not his opinion. Besides, it’s a pretty tepid opinion if it is one at all: “People have said…” and “probably ending.” So not only will he not take specific credit for the thought, but he doesn’t want to commit, either.
I can only hope other city officials across America don’t feel the same way.