[Libs-Or] Problems for Corvallis-Benton County Library With youth at entrance--coming soon to a library near you?

[Su Liudahl]

I, too, enjoyed this discussion and did not have the impression that anyone
was being overly negative or intending to tear anyone down. These are issues
that all of us face at one time or another, in varying degrees (yes, even in
tiny Creswell). This discussion on Libs-OR gave my staff and me an
opportunity to talk about it in our own context.

I hope that Libs-OR can continue to be a forum where we can discuss all
kinds of library-related issues without fear of condemnation or reprisals. I
think it's fine to be tough on ideas as long as we're gentle on people.

Thanks to all who had the courage to speak their mind on this topic.

~Su
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Su Liudahl
Library Director
Creswell Library / Lane Library District
64 West Oregon Avenue
PO Box 366
Creswell, Oregon 97426
(541) 895-3053

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Hope Leman <hleman at samhealth.org> wrote:

> Hi, all. I would like to thank those who have commented on the matter of
> the entrance to the Corvallis-Benton county and do want to say I am quite
> dismayed by Diedre Conkling's comments here:
>
>
> Seriously people, don't we all have enough problems at our own libraries
> that we don't have to tear down another library.   There is always more to
> an issue than we will ever see reported in the press so how can we make
> these kinds of comments without REAL information.  And do you really want
> us
> making these comments about your library in this forum even if we have tons
> of real information.
>
>
>
> It isn't tearing down a library to express concern at negative publicity
> about it that one sees in the local newspaper and that is already on the
> Web. It seems to me to be a legitimate issue and that the matter has
> generated some worthwhile discussion, from among others Carolyn
> Rawles-Heiser
> Library Director Corvallis--Benton County Public Library, who gave her view
> of things and who elucidated the matter for the rest of us. Isn't one of the
> purposes of this forum to serve as a venue for the discussion of such issues
> and for people like Ms. Rawles-Heiser to hear from people such as Cheryl
> Hill and her account of the young girl who did indeed feel intimidated at
> the entrance? It does not behoove us as information professionals to attempt
> to throttle discussion of interest and concern. Of course, there is more to
> an issue than is reported in the press. That is the very reason that I
> brought the matter up--so that librarians could discuss the matter in a
> calm, informed/edifying fashion and mention facts that were not in the news
> story I linked to.  Or are we supposed to only read bulletins about
> legislative matters in the US Congress?
>
> Useful points have been made about what library staff can actually do when
> it comes to buildings open to the public. That is the value of open
> discussion on this list.
>
> Hope Leman
>
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