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One way the BPL could save money

Turn down the bleepin' heat at the Copley main branch, Iseut says:

... I visited the Copley branch today to see the wonderful Man on the Street photo exhibit (free!) and another on Poe (free!) which I couldn't peruse as carefully as I would have liked because I thought I would pass out it was so bleeping hot in there. Seriously, it was ridiculously hot - which in a public building is fiscally irresponsible. ...

Meanwhile, City Council President Mike Ross vows to fight "devastating" cuts until BPL officials have proven they have squeezed every last dime first:

... I met with BPL President Amy Ryan yesterday, and I told her I would only consider brown-outs or library closings once the Council has seen that every other cost-cutting measure has been taken. This means a top-to-bottom review of the library's finances, from personnel expenses to the cost of energy for our libraries. ...

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Please bring in Bernard A. Margolis for more insights and his point of view as librarian emeritus of our Boston Public Library. Bernie Margolis edited The Bottom Line Managing Library Finances http://info.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/j...

Bloggers, journalists can get his take, contact him via
http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/contact.htm

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The T could take a page from the "overly heated/cooled" thing ... I feel like I'm going to get heat stroke riding the train most days, and I'm not someone who bundles up.

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Don't you think Bernie is partially to blame for this situation? Amy Ryan has only been here, what?, a year. What did Margolis to increase donations or funding?? The biggest hurdle is the loss of states funds... but c'mon Margolis is certainly not a solution.

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