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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>What an incredible gracious
note Diedre Conkling has written below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<pre><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And I think the info from Rebecca Cohen of the Newport Public Library about how smoking policies helped address entrance problems were exactly the kind of thing Diedre</span><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>means about useful discussion.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>And given Diedre’s</span><span
style='font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>graciousness and Su Liudahl’s of the Creswell Library gentle admonitions to be civil I promise to try to be more tactful and less barbed. You are all great etiquette coaches.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'>Hope Leman<o:p></o:p></span></pre>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Diedre Conkling
[mailto:diedre08@gmail.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 08, 2011 6:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hope Leman<br>
<b>Cc:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Problems for Corvallis-Benton County Library With
youth at entrance--coming soon to a library near you?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Sorry, I guess I should have thought more before posting and then my
message might have been clear.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I think discussing the subject is great as a general topic of
discussion. We might all get good ideas for our libraries.
Even the smallest town can have problems with skateboards blocking access to
libraries and people hanging directly outside the doors smoking. And any number
of other problems. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Maybe I was misreading but it seemed that one library was really getting
attacked instead of keeping the conversation general and that just seemed
unfair. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I do hope the conversation about how to deal with these general problems
that we all experience. I really did not mean to stop that productive
part of the conversation. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hey, you know me. I like talking about any subject even remotely related to
libraries. ;-)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I look forward to reading more. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Jun 8, 2011 12:07 PM, "Hope Leman" <<a
href="mailto:hleman@samhealth.org">hleman@samhealth.org</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Hi, all. I would like to thank those who have commented on the matter of the
entrance to the Corvallis-Benton county and do want to say I am quite dismayed
by Diedre Conkling's comments here:<br>
<br>
<br>
Seriously people, don't we all have enough problems at our own libraries<br>
that we don't have to tear down another library. There is always more to<br>
an issue than we will ever see reported in the press so how can we make<br>
these kinds of comments without REAL information. And do you really want
us<br>
making these comments about your library in this forum even if we have tons<br>
of real information.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
It isn't tearing down a library to express concern at negative publicity about
it that one sees in the local newspaper and that is already on the Web. It
seems to me to be a legitimate issue and that the matter has generated some
worthwhile discussion, from among others Carolyn Rawles-Heiser<br>
Library Director Corvallis--Benton County Public Library, who gave her view of
things and who elucidated the matter for the rest of us. Isn't one of the
purposes of this forum to serve as a venue for the discussion of such issues
and for people like Ms. Rawles-Heiser to hear from people such as Cheryl Hill
and her account of the young girl who did indeed feel intimidated at the entrance?
It does not behoove us as information professionals to attempt to throttle
discussion of interest and concern. Of course, there is more to an issue than
is reported in the press. That is the very reason that I brought the matter
up--so that librarians could discuss the matter in a calm, informed/edifying
fashion and mention facts that were not in the news story I linked to. Or
are we supposed to only read bulletins about legislative matters in the US
Congress?<br>
<br>
Useful points have been made about what library staff can actually do when it
comes to buildings open to the public. That is the value of open discussion on
this list.<br>
<br>
Hope Leman<br>
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