Archive for April, 2008
Building Burrillville
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Few circumstances are so conducive to humility as sharing the podium with Senator Jack Reed. Yet, there I was last Sunday, April 27, 2008 under a tent in front of over 100 Burrillvilleans and friends celebrating the Grand Opening of the new Jesse M. Smith Library sitting next to the Senator awaiting my turn to […]
Service, Service, Service
Monday, April 21st, 2008At the URI GSLIS annual gathering Friday night Camila Alire reminded the assembled that service is the essence of the library profession. At first I bristled at that (maybe because I could hear in that the voice of one of my first library mentors at the University of Pittsburgh parentally exhorting me “service, service, service”) […]
GIA 2009
Friday, April 11th, 2008We are all facing another difficult budget year. I know it is of little comfort, but RI is not at all alone. Although there are pockets of better news, many state library agencies across the nation have been reporting reductions in FY2009. Ohio is facing a 10% cut; in New Jersey and in California, local […]