RE: Just a thought...Hiring displaced librarians

["Bill Hudson" <bhudson at lancasterlibraries dot org>]

Hi Jill,
This is a most excellent idea. I have forwarded your message on to my director and will push to see if there is something we can do here. We don't have any open positions but if the funds can be scraped together, I could certainly use some extra IT support for a few months. Given the generous mindset of the community I live in, I am sure we could find housing and short term employment for at least one family to help them recover. With all the libraries in the country, too be sure we could pool enough resources to help out, at least till the staff are able to go back and rebuild their own libraries. Given the devastation, that could be awhile in some areas. 

I would encourage others reading this list to forward Jill's idea on to your colleagues outside the IUG list. 
BH

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Bill Hudson, Manager
Information Technology Services
Library System of Lancaster County
1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107
Lancaster, PA 17601
V. 717.207.0500 x1269 F.717.207.0504

> -----Original Message-----
> From: innopac-bounces at innopacusers dot org [mailto:innopac-
> bounces at innopacusers dot org] On Behalf Of Jill Ellern
> Sent: Friday, September 02, 2005 10:57 AM
> To: INNOPAC at innopacusers dot org
> Subject: Just a thought...Hiring displaced librarians
> 
> Of course I haven't talked about this with my folks...but with empty
> librarian positions in our libraries (we are on our third search for the
> same collection development position), maybe some preference could be
> given
> to those without jobs, homes or libraries....Of course I'm jumping the gun
> on whether these libraries have any possibilities of being repaired in any
> timely fashion or anyone from that area is ready to seriously relocate.
> But
> watching the news, it look so devastating…your heart goes out to them…
> 
> I wonder if there's anything like that we could do for their long term
> recovery.
> 
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