South Taranaki Library: User Charges $1.00 Adult Rentals

In the last couple of weeks I have heard rumours and heard second hand that South Taranaki Library was having library charges, including adult rental charges, reintroduced. For many years now South Taranaki has been the library services most envied by many in small town public libraries. They had no overdue charges, no reserve charges, even their [...]

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Social Work In Libraries and Adult Rental Fees

An interesting article from Minnesota Public Radio came to my attention via Twitter. Copied below is the start of the article, which discusses the growing trend in libraries for librarians to act almost as social workers. I have to say that I have always felt that in public libraries the “social work” aspect, i.e. providing [...]

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A Not So Surprising Move

In a move that is not really that surprising except for the timing Tauranga City Council is proposing lending charges to adult the adult collections. I was sort of expecting one of the councils to look at this, however I was thinking next year, since this year is an election year. Maybe the council there thinks [...]

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LIANZA consultation documents for proposed changes to governance structure & institutional membership fees

Recently LIANZA released two documents for consultation, Enhancing LIANZA Governance Structure and Changing Institutional Members fee bands and rates, these two documents could have a dramatic impact on the library profession. The first will have an impact on how we as a profession communicate, lobby and organise, the second will have an impact on the [...]

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