People may not be talking about libraries, but they certainly are using
them.
In 1999, the Minneapolis Public Library answered 2.3 million reference
calls, received 2.4 million visitors, and circulated 2.5 million books, CDs
and videos. This year, Central Library circulation is up 14%. Today, t
I'd like to address a couple of the issues raised by the anonymous library
letter.
Disgruntled employees are a reality in most organizations, and certainly not
uncommon in an organization as large as our library system (with about 400
staff members). And tensions are always highest when contract
Hamilton, Colin J wrote:
> I'd like to address a couple of the issues raised by the anonymous library
> letter.
>
> Disgruntled employees are a reality in most organizations, and certainly not
> uncommon in an organization as large as our library system (with about 400
> staff members). And te
In a message dated 11/1/00 5:12:05 PM Canada Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I find it most interesting that all of the people who are asking questions
> and
> talking are library users
Where is the Library Board on this? Don't they have a responsibility to show
leade
Lisa McDonald raises two excellent questions. I'll try to answer one (about
computers), and leave the other to the library administration.
I'm in 100% agreement that simply making more computers available is not
enough, or at least not enough for everyone. Most of us struggled when we
first tri
