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Opposition mounts against CA library outsourcing
November 18, 2009 - 9:03am — Blake
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Opposition mounts against library outsourcing
Petition signature gatherers have hit the streets in hopes of convincing the Nevada County Board of Supervisors against contracting operation of the public libraries to a private company.
“We really feel as though the county librarian can come up with a belt-tightening answer,” McAdoo said Tuesday. “We feel we could lose the professionalism of our staff.”
[That's CA not NV]
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Clarification
Reading the article, the library's in California's Nevada County, not actually in Nevada.
Where's the money saving?
Library Systems Services, LLC (LSSI) is the only organization to offer a bid for the entire management of the Nevada County Library system. LSSI has a track record, and I have been unable to find a single instance of LSSI having saved a community any money.
Matt Sylvain, librarian at Dartmouth, when I asked him if he knew of a single case of a community that actually saved money by contracting with LSSI, wrote this to me today:
"I'm not aware of such a community, but I haven't looked at (or have had access to) all the data.
Ward's article [see reference below. DEP] notes that in Calabasas, the community did initially see savings. However, the savings were short lived, and the increased cost of the LSSI run system soon outpaced the increase in services. "
Robert C. Ward, "The Outsourcing of Public Library Management"
http://aas.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/38/6/627
Where's the money saving? (Part 2)
I meant to post the above comment under my own name, Don Pelton (Editor, "Sierra Voices" http://sierravoices.com, Email: editor@sierravoices.com)
Stop being so dumb
You people are idiots. Riverside County Library was goin to shut down and LSSI came in and save that whole branch. Look up all the facts, not just what you want to see