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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Save your breath, Candise.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">You know, this issue is of more importance than most of us think because we are employed and relatively comfortable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">often during discussions like these, I have wondered how I would survive without people to talk with and books to read if I were homeless. I once encountered
a homeless man outside Gorky’s restaurant in downtown L.A. who just seemed to want to talk with the artists and intellectuals who frequented that diner. I thought at the time, “There but for the grace of god (and my puny librarian paycheck)…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Shannon Van Kirk, Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Blue Mountain Community College Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Pendleton, OR 97801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Voice: (541) 278-5916<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><shannon.vankirk@bluecc.edu><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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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""> libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Candise Branum<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 09, 2012 10:43 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bob Jones<br>
<b>Cc:</b> libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us; Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Library cards for homeless/those without permanent address<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have to respectfully disagree, Bob. I think our responsibility is to not just serve those who can pay for services, but to enrich the community at large. Especially in times of economic crisis, the public library is one of the few places
where people should have access to the resources that will allow them to enrich themselves. I think it is great that you are exploring this issue, Kirsten. I don't have any suggestions for you, but I'd love to hear what you decide.<br clear="all">
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<p><a name="SafeHtmlFilter_SafeHtmlFilter_SafeHtmlFi"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#666699">Candise Branum, MLS</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray"><br>
College Librarian<br>
Oregon College of Oriental Medicine<br>
10525 SE Cherry Blossom Drive<br>
Portland, OR 97216<br>
503-253-3443 ext.134 | </span><span style="color:gray"><a href="http://www.library.ocom.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.library.ocom.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:28 AM, Bob Jones <<a href="mailto:Bob.Jones@milton-freewater-or.gov" target="_blank">Bob.Jones@milton-freewater-or.gov</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Kirsten:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">This is an interesting question, because it’s not simply “How do we serve everyone who wants service?”.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Most public libraries are supported primarily through property taxes. Therefore their primary responsibilities
are:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">(1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:navy">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Provide services to those who provide your funding, which would be property owners who pay taxes directly and renters who pay taxes indirectly through their property-owner landlords</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">(2)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:navy">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Safeguard a large investment in public property (books, periodicals, videos, audio recordings, etc.) by having a way to track down and hold accountable borrowers who fail to return
materials</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">For these reasons, most libraries require library card applicants to show proof of residence in the city,
county, or district which funds the library. In addition, there often are severe limits on first-time borrowers, who account for a high percentage of losses.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Homeless people generally cannot provide documentation to verify residency. Likewise, some people who
have resided in your service area for years choose to not have any form of ID which you may require, such as a driver’s license, DMV ID card, voter registration card, utility bill, etc. If you refuse to issue cards to one group, how can you justify serving
the other (and this works in both directions)?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">If you want to have more lenient standards for homeless people and/or for people who choose to have no
form of ID, how can you justify stricter standards for other people? That would be discriminatory. But do you really want anyone who walks in the door to carry out anything they wish with no reasonable way to find them and hold them responsible for failure
to bring stuff back in a timely manner? That would be irresponsible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">I’d be interested in learning what you decide to do, and how you justify it.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Bob Jones</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Library Director</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy">Milton-Freewater Public Library</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">-----Original Message-----<br>
<b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">
libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, July 08, 2012 3:43 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Library cards for homeless/those without permanent address</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We're currently exploring ways to better serve our transient population here in Lincoln City. In the past we have worked out cards for individuals staying at a nearby domestic violence shelter, and
we allow anyone to make use of our computers, but I would like to set up something more permanent and wide-ranging that would allow individuals without a permanent address to better access library services.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">We have some ideas here on staff, but I would be very interested in hearing how other libraries have tackled this. What kinds of requirements do you have in order to obtain a card? Do cards for
those without permanent address have the same borrowing privileges, or modified privileges? Have you experienced a great deal of material loss, or no? I suspect I may have to work pretty hard to get 100% buy-in from my board and from staff, so any information
you've got would be great!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney<br>
Library Director<br>
Driftwood Public Library<br>
801 SW HWY 101, #201<br>
Lincoln City, OR 97367<br>
<a href="tel:%28541%29996-1251" target="_blank">(541)996-1251</a><br>
<a href="mailto:kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org" target="_blank">kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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