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Wayne Wiegand said at an ALISE meeting some years back (I'm doing this from memory, so apologies if I have screwed it up) something to the effect that Mayor Daley knows that if he wants to revitalize a neighborhood one good thing is to put a branch library there. He doesn't know why it works, it just does.... Apparently the school system is not paying attention to the Mayor. Charley Seavey The Professor Ranganathan said it all! Quoting Karen Weaver <[log in to unmask]>: > What is surprising however, is that the City of Chicago has some of the most > amazing new public libraries where school administrators and decision makers > could go and see for themselves the people -young & old--waiting in line to > use not only computers, but also to check out materials, yes even print > things ! Have you visited the Harold Washington Library Center? > it's one of the most beautiful public libraries around, there must be some > other reasons... > http://www.chipublib.org/branch/details/library/harold-washington/ > > Cheers, > Karen Weaver > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 5:58 PM, James H Sweetland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Yes and it has been bothering me since before I went to library school. >> There seems to be an inherent anti-library bias on the part of school >> boards and local politicians. My guess is that they don't see librarians as >> any kind of teacher; they are enamored of any technology they can get (as >> eliminating more of those pesky people who want pay increases, etc.); and >> possibly see little value to any kind of library. I agree it bothers me, >> too. >> >> (sigline for identification only, opinions my own) >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Greg Zervas <[log in to unmask]> >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 11:51:41 -0600 (CST) >> Subject: Re: Chicago Tribune story on the status of libraries in Chicago >> Public Schools >> >> While reading the article, I came across one quote which I found ironic: >> >> "A lack of money and space and the competing need for new technology mean >> libraries are often left out of school plans even as students in Chicago >> Public Schools struggle to meet national standards in reading." >> [edit} >> Does this bother anyone else, or am I alone in my opinion? >> >> >> -- >> James H. Sweetland 414-229-4707 >> Professor Emeritus [log in to unmask] >> School of Information Studies >> University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Karen Weaver, MLS, Electronic Resources Statistician, Duquesne University, > Gumberg Library, Pittsburgh PA email: [log in to unmask] / Gmail: > [log in to unmask] > > *"Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died."--Erma Bombeck*