Comments on: ALL 15 Jackson County Library branches WILL BE CLOSED… http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:08:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Everything is Miscellaneous » Blog Archive » Jackson County Library - Out of business http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-72888 Everything is Miscellaneous » Blog Archive » Jackson County Library - Out of business Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:42:43 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-72888 [...] Jessamyn reports on the Jackson County Library Information blog, where you can read about the indefinite closing of all fifteen branches of this Oregon county's library system. The reasons are complex, but it comes down to the need to cut lots of services as the county reduces its budget by $23 milllion. Libraries are apparently a "nice to have," not a "must have," in Jackson County. (It doesn't help that a previous ballot measure removed the special levy for libraries.) [Tags: libraries everything_is_miscellaneous ] [...] [...] Jessamyn reports on the Jackson County Library Information blog, where you can read about the indefinite closing of all fifteen branches of this Oregon county’s library system. The reasons are complex, but it comes down to the need to cut lots of services as the county reduces its budget by $23 milllion. Libraries are apparently a “nice to have,” not a “must have,” in Jackson County. (It doesn’t help that a previous ballot measure removed the special levy for libraries.) [Tags: libraries everything_is_miscellaneous ] [...]

]]> By: Sapphira http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-72422 Sapphira Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:09:54 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-72422 This is terrible, most of us love to read and this takes away our ability to read books...... At least for most people who don't have enough money to buy them. Hopefully the government changes their minds about this! This is terrible, most of us love to read and this takes away our ability to read books…… At least for most people who don’t have enough money to buy them. Hopefully the government changes their minds about this!

]]> By: lyra http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-68798 lyra Sun, 21 Jan 2007 22:38:23 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-68798 awww...thats so sad. i suppose libraries close all the time and few people hear about it, but this is like....huge. thats such a sad thing. maybe people will wake up when they no longer can get free information that really matters. the internet can only compensate so much. awww…thats so sad. i suppose libraries close all the time and few people hear about it, but this is like….huge. thats such a sad thing. maybe people will wake up when they no longer can get free information that really matters. the internet can only compensate so much.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-68773 Anonymous Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:25:15 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-68773 "[...]but…you’d think the people would step up and help. " There is a very strong anti-tax movement in Oregon, specially in the more rural (and often poorer) counties. For whatever reason, people are not willing to "pay more" for libraries and with Jackson County's previous federal funds cut, it makes for a very sad reality. Jackson County, btw, wasn't the only county in Oregon to suffer from the results of our recent elections. Check out: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/docs/ElectionSummary1997to2006.pdf (PDF) “[...]but…you’d think the people would step up and help. ”

There is a very strong anti-tax movement in Oregon, specially in the more rural (and often poorer) counties. For whatever reason, people are not willing to “pay more” for libraries and with Jackson County’s previous federal funds cut, it makes for a very sad reality.

Jackson County, btw, wasn’t the only county in Oregon to suffer from the results of our recent elections. Check out: http://oregon.gov/OSL/LD/docs/ElectionSummary1997to2006.pdf (PDF)

]]> By: Steven M. Cohen http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-68772 Steven M. Cohen Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:04:22 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-68772 I just del.icio.us'ed <a href="http://www.mailtribune.com/archive/2007/0121/local/stories/whylibraries.htm" rel="nofollow">this article</a>, which may be of interest. Very sad. I just del.icio.us’ed this article, which may be of interest. Very sad.

]]> By: Sarah Clark http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-68770 Sarah Clark Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-68770 *jaw drops* How hadn't I heard about this? Reading the county administrator's post, it does sound like the county's pretty much broke, but...you'd think the people would step up and help. I'm also shocked I haven't heard ALA raising cain over this or offering some funds to help out. Please keep us updated on this... *jaw drops*

How hadn’t I heard about this? Reading the county administrator’s post, it does sound like the county’s pretty much broke, but…you’d think the people would step up and help. I’m also shocked I haven’t heard ALA raising cain over this or offering some funds to help out. Please keep us updated on this…

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953/all-15-jackson-county-library-branches-will-be-closed/comment-page-1/#comment-68768 joshua m. neff Sun, 21 Jan 2007 17:22:15 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/1953#comment-68768 I read about this yesterday (someone from the libraries posted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/librariesandlibrarians/discuss/72157594490320066/" rel="nofollow">pictures of the closing libraries on Flickr</a>) and it broke my heart (and made me really angry). I read about this yesterday (someone from the libraries posted pictures of the closing libraries on Flickr) and it broke my heart (and made me really angry).

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