Library Ad Hoc Committee Endorses Non-LSSI Options
The Library Ad Hoc Committee met yesterday morning in the Empire Room of the Rood Center, and after almost two hours of deliberation voted to endorse two of the public options, finding that either would be a viable solution to the library’s financial problem. The two options are numbers 1 (aka “A”) and 4 (aka [...]
Local Pro-LSSI Website: No There … There!
I ran across this seemingly local pro-LSSI website this morning:
There’s apparently no actual person who’s willing to be publicly associated with this pro-outsourcing website, despite the fact that many persons in our community have been willing to put themselves out there publicly in opposition to outsourcing. (See my posting on Deb Abbadie this morning).
The “Who [...]
Deb Abbadie Speaks Out on Library Outsourcing
I’ve seen former county reference librarian Deb Abbadie everywhere on the library issue: speaking to the Board of Supervisors last fall, quoted in Union articles, speaking to the 7:30 AM rally at the Rood Center in December, and this morning with an “Other Voices” column in The Union.
She’s one of the most knowledgeable people out [...]
New Option for Library Ad Hoc Committee to Consider
The Library Ad Hoc Committee — in its 8 AM meeting tomorrow — will be asked by county staff to consider an option not presented to the Citizens’ Oversight Committee when it met on January 13th.
This option — yet another public, non-LSSI option — did not exist on the 13th, but was introduced in a staff memo [...]
Library Citizens’ Oversight Committee Endorses Non-LSSI Proposal
The Library Citizens’ Oversight Committee (COC) met this morning in the community room of Madelyn Helling Library (with a video-conference link to one of its members in Truckee). After considering in detail three proposals (including the most recent from LSSI) the COC voted officially and unanimously to recommend the latest iteration of the Truckee Friends [...]
Library COC Meeting Wed the 13th: Public Welcome
An important –possibly the most important — meeting of the Library Citizen’s Oversight Committee (COC) will take place tomorrow (Wednesday, January 13, 2010) from 10 AM to noon in the Community Room of the Madelyn Helling Library (980 Helling Way, Nevada City).
The goal of the meeting is to “discuss the various options already submitted to [...]
County Has Viable Alternatives to Library Privatization
The most interesting current development in the Nevada County community’s effort to deal with the very real and looming library budget shortfall is an alternative presented by the Truckee Friends of the Library during the public feedback period at the January 4, 2010 working committee meeting. This interesting and well-crafted proposal for the operation of [...]
Attorney Frank Bloksberg: County May Have Legal Problem Outsourcing
Paul Emery — on KVMR’s evening news for December 16th — interviewed local attorney, Frank Bloksberg, on the subject of library outsourcing.
Bloksberg suggested that — since Nevada County is not a “charter” county but a “general law” county — it is bound by California Code section 31000 with regard to the kinds of jobs it [...]
Public Meeting on Library Outsourcing (12/17/09 6:30 PM)
Marianne Greenberg, a passionate opponent of library outsourcing, will be hosting a public meeting to discuss alternatives on Thursday, December 17th at 6:30 PM in the Community Room of the Madelyn Helling Library.
Here’s a copy of the flyer:
LSSI Budget Details Revealed
Steve Monaghan, County CIO, emailed me the LSSI budget details yesterday, in the form of this document titled “LSSI Cost Proposal, Nevada County Library Operations.”
I had hoped that by studying these cost details, we would be able to quickly determine the plausibility of LSSI’s promise to operate the Nevada County Library system for 7% under [...]
