Comments on: Carnival of the Infosciences #77 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/ 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: Spencer http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/comment-page-1/#comment-107293 Spencer Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:36:48 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/#comment-107293 Sorry to get a response in so late. I wrote the "Tragedy of the Library." Thank you for the traffic. When I mentioned a buck or two a year, I was speaking of direct contribution of property taxes that make it to the library. I was not speaking of the entire operating costs (grants, state funding, etc.) of the library. Really, though, this is far beside the point. Even at $100 per capita, this is still an amount small enough from which to form the same argument. While even though these people surely contribute to these other forms of funding, the greater burden is carried by those who do not benefit most from their libraries. Sorry to get a response in so late. I wrote the “Tragedy of the Library.” Thank you for the traffic. When I mentioned a buck or two a year, I was speaking of direct contribution of property taxes that make it to the library.

I was not speaking of the entire operating costs (grants, state funding, etc.) of the library. Really, though, this is far beside the point. Even at $100 per capita, this is still an amount small enough from which to form the same argument. While even though these people surely contribute to these other forms of funding, the greater burden is carried by those who do not benefit most from their libraries.

]]> By: Connie Crosby http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/comment-page-1/#comment-106736 Connie Crosby Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:10:02 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/#comment-106736 Thanks, Jessamyn. Wow! Lots of response; this was a lot of work. I am working my way through the links. Thanks to everyone who contributed, too. :-) Cheers, Connie Thanks, Jessamyn. Wow! Lots of response; this was a lot of work. I am working my way through the links. Thanks to everyone who contributed, too. :-)

Cheers,
Connie

]]> By: Chadwick Seagraves http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/comment-page-1/#comment-106731 Chadwick Seagraves Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:11:33 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/#comment-106731 Jessamyn, Thanks so much for hosting this week. I appreciate your taking the time to work with me on this. I think this was a good time for you to host since the response and submissions are really high right now. A positive harbinger I believe. Great work! Jessamyn,
Thanks so much for hosting this week. I appreciate your taking the time to work with me on this. I think this was a good time for you to host since the response and submissions are really high right now. A positive harbinger I believe. Great work!

]]> By: Ryan http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/comment-page-1/#comment-106730 Ryan Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:08:55 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/#comment-106730 The pictures of the Sir James Dunn Library are amazing, the story of that fire is something one ought not graduate from Dalhousie SIM without hearing. Amazing photos from Mark. The pictures of the Sir James Dunn Library are amazing, the story of that fire is something one ought not graduate from Dalhousie SIM without hearing. Amazing photos from Mark.

]]> By: walt crawford http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/comment-page-1/#comment-106727 walt crawford Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:29:23 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2120/carnival-of-the-infosciences-77/#comment-106727 An impressive entry. The first one is troubling, though: If a library employee really believes that people pay "a buck or two a year" for library services, they need to do a little checking--unless they're in a very odd situation. Can you even run a library with any non-volunteer staff on less than $10 per capita? (Around here, public libraries with more than $100 per cap funding aren't all that unusual, although certainly not the norm.) An impressive entry. The first one is troubling, though: If a library employee really believes that people pay “a buck or two a year” for library services, they need to do a little checking–unless they’re in a very odd situation. Can you even run a library with any non-volunteer staff on less than $10 per capita? (Around here, public libraries with more than $100 per cap funding aren’t all that unusual, although certainly not the norm.)

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