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October 27th, 2007A few libraries are reopening. Thank goodness.
More on Privatizing Public Libraries
October 5th, 2007Both pro and con.
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October 5th, 2007AP - “The average citizen, when they walk into the library, they will see well-trained, well-educated, customer-service-oriented people working in the library,” said Robert E. Windrow, director of sales and marketing at Library Systems and Services LLC of Germantown, Md., the company managing the libraries. “They won’t know who is paying their salary, and they [...]
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September 28th, 2007Damian Mann - “Prchal is one of many former Jackson County library workers who are applying for jobs with the private company known as LSSI that will operate the 15 branch libraries that have been closed since April 6.”Damian Mann
More on Jackson County Libraries
September 16th, 2007Damian Mann - “All 15 libraries in Jackson County could reopen by the first week in November if an outsourcing contract with a Maryland company is approved within two weeks.”
Commenting on Outsourcing Libraries
August 27th, 2007Mark Dahl - “It seems to me that you’d lose some of that local connection to the community by having a library run in a McDonalds style fashion.”
Great News from Jackson County, OR
August 22nd, 2007Mail Tribune - “A bare-bones library system could start up as early as November at half the previous cost and for about half the number of hours under an outsourcing proposal approved unanimously Tuesday by the Jackson County Budget Committee.”