Ex-BPL head Margolis to try again in New York State

Kaz — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:18:24 +0000

This one's right up Don's (the zak) alley. As reported in The Globe:

"Just as the Yankees took Babe Ruth, Boston's loss is our gain," said Tom Dunn, New York education department spokesman. "We are thrilled."

Bernard Margolis, the former head of the Boston Public Library, has gone head-to-head with the Menino administration since he was removed over his management style which Menino felt left the community branches disadvantaged at the expense of the Copley head branch. He will now be leading one of the nation's largest research libraries by running the NY State libraries.

wrested out of context are recycled versions of Margolis's unwillingness to install Internet filters

thezak — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:38:57 +0000

"Also wrested out of context are recycled versions of Margolis's unwillingness to install Internet filters -- except for children -- on library computers. Free speech may be uncomfortable at times, but it should never be so in a library. It is the branch libraries, though, that are now center stage."
http://thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=50782