Archive for January, 2009

It’s With a Heavy Heart

January 30, 2009

The message below is a message I drafted on Wednesday but didn’t post because we could not release the names of the two ALA colleagues who lost their lives here in Denver.  I have revised the original message now to add the names .…
I am just winding down seven days at ALA’s Midwinter Conference here [...]

You Go, Philly! Advocacy At Its Best!

January 3, 2009

Talk about advocacy — have you folks read/heard what is going on in Philadelphia? It appears in his infinite wisdom, the mayor proposed closing 11 branch libraries [see citations below]. Advocates for the library have sued the city saying that it is violating a 1988 ordinance that states that these closures of [...]