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AFPL watch, now out of a job?

Posted on 07Jun04 by jessamyn
Now that Atlanta-Fulton Public Library system is getting a new director and a significantly smaller board will the AFPL Watch site shut down? The AFPL site, if you haven’t read it, is a scathing and sometimes amusing indictment of one clearly dysfunctional library system, board and director written by “concerned citizens” and anonymous AFPL staff. How much of your own library do you see in it?
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