This article regarding a white supremacists rally in Somerville, MA leaves me with some questions. It seems that the group reserved a library room under another name and when the cops found out they closed the library.
“There was no way we could ensure the safety of the patrons in the library,” Bradley said. “For security reasons, we decided just to close the library down. We did give them an alternate location in the parking lot.”
The question I have is whether the library was involved or not in this decision. The article leaves this information out along with any comment from anyone associated with the library.
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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