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lagilmanEtA: in the words of the Twitterverse: Please Retweet. Let's get this guy's name all across the globe as an example of walking, talking piece of shit.
If anyone hasn't heard about this yet:
Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters
Short version: 69-year-old criminal attorney Constantine "Connie" Xinos wants to shut down the library in Oak Brook, IL. Money shot:
"Those who come up here with tears in their eyes talking about the library, put your money where your mouth is," Xinos shot back. He told Sydney and others who spoke against the layoffs of the three full-time staffers (including the head librarian and children's librarian) and two part-timers to stop "whining" and raise the money themselves.
"I don't care that you guys miss the librarian, and she was nice, and she helped you find books," Xinos told them....He said Oak Brook had to "stop indulging people in their hobbies" and "their little, personal, private wants."
It should be noted that the person "with tears in their eyes" was an 11 year old girl, speaking out in support of her beloved library.
It has been my observation that people who speak out against libraries, education, and reading in general, are the sort of people who would prefer everyone else be ignorant and uneducated...the better for people like them to lead them by the nose. it has especially been my observation that grown humans who delight in making young humans unhappy are walking, talking piles of shit.
I hope Oak Brook kicks his ass into a deep, dark cave somewhere, and stands up for literacy, and taking care of the next generation's education.
If anyone hasn't heard about this yet:
Ugly battle has librarians in Oak Brook turning to Teamsters
Short version: 69-year-old criminal attorney Constantine "Connie" Xinos wants to shut down the library in Oak Brook, IL. Money shot:
"Those who come up here with tears in their eyes talking about the library, put your money where your mouth is," Xinos shot back. He told Sydney and others who spoke against the layoffs of the three full-time staffers (including the head librarian and children's librarian) and two part-timers to stop "whining" and raise the money themselves.
"I don't care that you guys miss the librarian, and she was nice, and she helped you find books," Xinos told them....He said Oak Brook had to "stop indulging people in their hobbies" and "their little, personal, private wants."
It should be noted that the person "with tears in their eyes" was an 11 year old girl, speaking out in support of her beloved library.
It has been my observation that people who speak out against libraries, education, and reading in general, are the sort of people who would prefer everyone else be ignorant and uneducated...the better for people like them to lead them by the nose. it has especially been my observation that grown humans who delight in making young humans unhappy are walking, talking piles of shit.
I hope Oak Brook kicks his ass into a deep, dark cave somewhere, and stands up for literacy, and taking care of the next generation's education.
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Date: 2009-10-10 06:33 am (UTC)As someone considering a MLIS, that's no cheaper a degree than a masters in anything else. But the salary is often not reflected for librarians unless you're running archives for a big company or something.
Seattle Public Library shut down for one week this year (week of labor day, since they were already closed on the monday). Saved them several hundreds of thousands of dollars in salary, budget, and utility costs for all the branches to do this. They also were able to toss in some repair work at a few of the branches during the downtime that didn't disturb anyone (or go in after hours which costs more).
But at the same time it didn't kill the library or the staff. They plan on doing it again next year. It just seems like a creative way to save money without severely harming your community. Schools were back in session, so the kids didn't really need it during the day, they didn't have to cut specific library programs if they simply didn't have programs at any library for one week. It worked.
Hour reduction is such a great idea if money is a problem! And money IS a problem for most libraries right now.