Library panel says no outsourcing

Source: By Dave Moller, The Union (CA), Wednesday, January 13, 2010

One of three committees working on ways to save Nevada County's financially-strapped libraries will recommend the county bail itself out and not rely on an outside firm.

The library systems Citizens Oversight Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend a plan from the Truckee Friends of the Library that keeps all the libraries open.

..... Committee members also rejected a proposal from private firm Library Systems & Services, saying it did not have enough details about how services would be kept as close to whole as possible.

Leave a comment

Search
Categories

Archives

States

Book of the Month


Union Strategies for Hard Times
by Bill Barry



What can unions do as the Great Recession ravages workers and their unions and threatens to destroy decades of collective bargaining gains? What must local union leaders do to help their laid-off members, protect those still working, and prevent the gutting of their hard-fought contracts – and their very unions themselves? How, in fact, can local union leaders seize the time and turn crisis into opportunity?



Visit Your Local Public Library for Access











Bookmarking Tools
del.icio.us
Digg it
Yahoo MyWeb
Google
Facebook