California: “San Francisco Main Library Implementing New Strategies to Curb Unsavory Behavior”
From the SF Examiner:
In response [to a number of recent incidents, mentioned in full article], last week library officials unveiled increases to both security and custodian staffing as an interim solution and asked the City Controller’s Office to audit both functions, which is expected to lead to more sweeping reform. The library has been operating with about 13 security officers and 33 custodians.
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In a new $188,000-a-year agreement with the Police Department, the library will have Sgt. Dave Hamilton on site five days a week as head of security. On-site police presence was irregular in the past.
The library is expected to spend $1.2 million on security and $2.33 million on custodians next fiscal year out of a total budget of about $104 million.
Read the Complete Article
See Also: Slide Presentation From SF Library Commission Meeting (December 5, 2013): “Update on Main Library Custodial and Security Operations”
Presented during City Librarian’s Report.
See Also: Audio of Meeting
See Also: Look for Minutes of December 5, 2013 Meeting Here
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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