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<font face="Verdana">Ditto to Deidre and Marsha about contacting
SDAO, specifically Luanne Richey. They never have raised question
about my title, nor have I heard of them questioning other
libraries whose head executives are called directors. Deschutes
County, Siuslaw, Baker County, Lake County, and Ontario all are
other special district libraries who use this title, as I'm sure
do several others. It's also worth noting that many other types of
special districts (water, transportation, parks, etc.) refer to
their </font>head executive as a "director".<br>
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Also, it may be that this city manager is operating under best
practices for cities, which have different legal requirements and
structures than special districts. SDAO and your district's legal
counsel likely would be far better sources of advice.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
Buzzy<br>
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Library Director<br>
Hood River County Library District<br>
502 State Street<br>
Hood River, Oregon 97031<br>
541-387-7062<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/29/2015 01:53 PM, ALETHA wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I recommended to current interim that she get in
touch with Special District Assn. to get written clarification
for the Board and City Manager as to what the legal status of a
Special District is, that they are not under the governance of
any City or other entity other than their own elected board and
that the title "Director" clearly describes the authority that
the CEO of a Municipal Corporation has over all operational
matters and that Board's set policy, approve budgets and hire
and fire directors only. The position is kin to a City
Manager's position vis-à-vis the City's elected council.<br>
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Furthermore, nearly all Directors of libraries in Oregon are
called "directors," even those under City or County governance.
Nothing wrong with "District Librarian" either - or "CEO" -
it's the understanding of the meaning that counts. Everybody
understands that managers work under directors, not under a
Board. Head of OTLD is not a "manager." And Board members do
not "direct" library operations. etc. etc. <br>
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The OTLD Board needs to educate themselves on the nature and
authority of different kinds of Boards.<br>
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Anyone who has written descriptions of Board authority or
Director authority that would help the Interim Director might
want to send them to OTLD director and help her out.<br>
<br>
Aletha G. Bonebrake, MLS<br>
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541-523-6025 (h); 541-519-3255 (c)<br>
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<hr id="stopSpelling">From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a><br>
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 13:32:21 -0700<br>
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Libs-Or] Title of Library Director<br>
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<div dir="ltr">My official title, maybe because of similar
thinking, is District Librarian. I use this on some
official things but I find that in the library world it is
less confusing if I use Library Director. It better
explains my position and no one has ever thought that it
means a member of the library board. The only place where
there might have been some confusion is within the Special
Districts Association (SDAO) but they haven't ever seemed
all that confused not matter which title I use.</div>
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<div class="ecxgmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 1:21 PM,
Oregon Trail Library District Director <span dir="ltr"><<a
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new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Good
Afternoon,<br>
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The Oregon Trail Library Board is developing a job
description. There is one member acting on advice
from a city manager who is adamant the role should
be "Library Manager". They both feel that a director
may only be elected. Can anyone please give me
arguments on behalf of the Library Director title?<br>
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Thanks,<span class="ecxHOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div><span></span>Kathy Street, MLS<br>
Interim Library Director<br>
Oregon Trail Library District<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" target="_blank">541-481-3365</a><br>
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