Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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2 Replies to “Nailed ‘Em – Library Crime”
As someone who had to deal with finding enough money, I always get steamed at people who want service, but live in communities which have specifically voted to NOT fund library service (or whatever other service). If you don't want to pay for services, you should not expect a neighboring community (usually with a higher tax rate) to provide it!
[Is that what you were trying to say?]
No, quite the opposite. Maybe that "community" voted no but that child sure didn't. What if the mother had voted for it but was in the minority? Seriously, this is just totally insane. What a wonderful lesson to teach this kid.
As someone who had to deal with finding enough money, I always get steamed at people who want service, but live in communities which have specifically voted to NOT fund library service (or whatever other service). If you don't want to pay for services, you should not expect a neighboring community (usually with a higher tax rate) to provide it!
[Is that what you were trying to say?]
No, quite the opposite. Maybe that "community" voted no but that child sure didn't. What if the mother had voted for it but was in the minority? Seriously, this is just totally insane. What a wonderful lesson to teach this kid.