From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Wed Jul 28 2004 - 12:12:11 PDT
Message-Id: <a06110412bd2daa12d8e9@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:12:11 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: Re: SLA-SF: SFPL Firm Library Cards
Hi Paula,
Did you get a response to this from this list? I'm the new Government
Relations chair. I'm not sure this falls in my area, but I think it
is worth some dialog. Being newly active in SLA, I'm not sure how
something like this plays out. Can Deb or others who are "seasoned"
reply to the list on what steps we as an organization take when
someone puts out a proposal like this?
From a patron's viewpoint, I agree with your position on the policy. Michele
>I just found out that the SF Public Library is no longer issuing firm
>library cards or renewing currently held cards when they expire. This
>strikes me as a stupid policy. I for one, do not want to have to lend out
>my personal library card for firm use or when we are using the borrower only
>sections of the public library's web site. I spoke with someone in
>Borrowers Services who says they are doing this because it is not cost
>effective to issue firm library cards and that only 70 firms have cards.
>Well, that strikes me as an example of bad marketing by the public library,
>rather than firms not taking advantage of a service. Plus, I'm not sure how
>this is not cost effective.
>
>Anyway, I was thinking that perhaps some of the local library organizations
>might want to get involved in this. I will be contacting NOCALL (Northern
>California Association of Law Libraries) and SLA (can someone tell me who
>the person would be to call at SLA here?) to see what these organizations
>can do to perhaps encourage the public library to reverse its decision. I
>would think contacting some business organizations would be useful, too.
>
>Paula Lichtenberg, Librarian
>Keker & Van Nest LLP
>
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