Florida: Miami-Dade Staffers Flew to Italy During Budget Crisis, Ex-Librarian Says
From the Miami New-Times:
Like most librarians in Miami-Dade County, Julio Granda Jr. was worried about the financial future of his institution. Under County Mayor Carlos Gimenez, the system had lost $30 million in funding over several years and, in the summer of 2013, was staring down an additional $20 million cut. But when Granda confronted the man he held partly responsible for the library’s woes — longtime library director Raymond Santiago — at a meeting, Granda says the director “went into a tirade” and remarked, as part of a heated monologue, that if he left, “this organization is fucked.”
Read the Complete Article Including Comments from Raymond Santiago
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See Also: Without Tax Increase Miami-Dade Libraries Would Keep All Branches Open, But Cut Service
See Also: Library cuts are forcing tough decisions on children’s books in Miami-Dade (via Miami Herald)
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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