Thursday, November 18, 2010

Another news item about LSSI taking over management of a public library, this time in Texas:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-fblibrary_17met.ART.State.Edition2.4b8c753.html

Ronald Dubberly, LSSI's President of Public Library Management Operations, was at the meeting. He has been a consultant on long range planning for many libraries http://www.dubberlyassoc.com/clientscategorical.html. It would be interesting to see how many of those turn into LSSI managed organizations. (Link to the Fort Worth Long Range Plan http://www.fortworthgov.org/library/info/default.aspx?id=5624).

I still can't access the Open Positions section of the LSSI site http://www.lssi.com/openjobs.cfm.
As this seems to be the wave of employment into the future, I really want to see what the jobs call for in terms of knowledge, skills, and aptitude. I was particularly interested in the Saudi Arabia position listed currently. 

Wednesday, November 03, 2010

Recent news items about LSSI and/or privatizing public libraries-

Private library plan off the table (Florida) http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101103/NEWS01/11030325/1006/news01/Private+library+plan+off+the+table
another article about this library system http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20101103/NEWS01/11030325/1006/Brevard+officials+reject+private+library+management

Stockton, CA: http://www.insidebayarea.com/trivalleyherald/localnews/ci_16501809
and http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=16662
and http://www.mantecabulletin.com/news/archive/17741/

Santa Clarita, CA: http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22424:library-takkover-violation-documents-lssi-clarita-2010-10-27-12-15-00&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97
and http://hometownstation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22336:library-lawsuit-privacy-lssi-clarita-2010-10-21-13-40-00&catid=26:local-news&Itemid=97
and http://www.americanaexchange.com/NewAE/aemonthly/article.asp?f=1&page=1&id=1013
and http://www.neontommy.com/news/2010/10/santa-clarita-libraries-focus-privatization-debate
and http://www.seiu.org/2010/10/private-equity-to-improve-libraries-with-walmart-style-gimmicks.php

Camarillo, CA: http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/home/887353-264/lssi_wins_new_contract_in.html.csp
and http://articles.latimes.com/2010/oct/25/local/la-me-libraries-20101025

Ventural, CA: http://www.vcstar.com/news/2010/oct/15/ventura-might-take-page-out-of-camarillo-library/

Jackson, TN: http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20101024/OPINION02/10240305