Librarians accept new jobs
The Wausau Daily Herald reports that Librarians accept new jobs in Marathon County Public Library. Sad but inevitable news for veteran library employees who have worked a considerable amount of time in a community. Truly, what other choice did they have?
In the same article, you will see a report of a husband of one of the librarians standing up and doing a nice piece of civil disobedience. He read aloud a letter by Terry Dawson, director of the Appleton Public Library, and great blogger. Sadly, not only was he not allowed to speak, and the meeting was adjourned.
So that is what happened, but what should happen now? SHOULD being the operative word. The library board SHOULD make sure to have public comment allowed in their next meeting. The library board SHOULD enter into their public records the letters they received about the situation. The library board SHOULD be interested in what the public has to say about their local library.
I look to the library director to lead the library board to do what they should do. Let's hope it happens. The last thing any library needs is to appear unresponsive to the communities they serve. If that happens we quickly move from what they should do to what they now must do. Perhaps we are at that point already.