Comments on: Why Isn’t “Childhood’s End” in my Local Library? http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/12/03/why-isnt-childhoods-end-in-my-local-library/ Web site and blog for Maria Langer, freelance writer, commercial helicopter pilot, and serious amateur photographer. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:33:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Wemesfelder http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/12/03/why-isnt-childhoods-end-in-my-local-library/#comment-2838 John Wemesfelder Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:21:12 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/12/03/why-isnt-childhoods-end-in-my-local-library/#comment-2838 I had a similar experience in the Wickenburg library. Prior to the time that the Town website posted Town Ordinances, I visited the library, expecting that the ordinances would be available to read... Nope. If the Wickenburg library receives shared funding from Maricopa county, which is reduced by the number of Wickenburg residents holding county library cards, then it begs the question: Is shared funding based on population count or library card count? After my quest, my decision was to buy the books I want to read. I had a similar experience in the Wickenburg library. Prior to the time that the Town website posted Town Ordinances, I visited the library, expecting that the ordinances would be available to read… Nope.

If the Wickenburg library receives shared funding from Maricopa county, which is reduced by the number of Wickenburg residents holding county library cards, then it begs the question: Is shared funding based on population count or library card count?

After my quest, my decision was to buy the books I want to read.

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Clearly, its philosophical content is in conflict with the goals of whoever constructed the library’s reading list: likely a committee of “seniors” who make their decisions at tea parties after church.

]]> By: Ann http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/12/03/why-isnt-childhoods-end-in-my-local-library/#comment-2836 Ann Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:14:40 +0000 http://www.aneclecticmind.com/2009/12/03/why-isnt-childhoods-end-in-my-local-library/#comment-2836 The downtown Phoenix library is a jewel, or at least the Arizona room is. I spent hours there researching my book, getting easily distracted by the other great stuff on the shelves. If you really wanted to get your point across to the Wickenburg library, you could buy the book for them, and make sure they catalog it by demanding to be the first to check it out. The downtown Phoenix library is a jewel, or at least the Arizona room is. I spent hours there researching my book, getting easily distracted by the other great stuff on the shelves.

If you really wanted to get your point across to the Wickenburg library, you could buy the book for them, and make sure they catalog it by demanding to be the first to check it out.

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