Comments on: Maplewood Memorial Library http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/ Health Information | Geekery Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:12 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » The NYT (again) on Maplewood Memorial Library http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-24968 davidrothman.net » Blog Archive » The NYT (again) on Maplewood Memorial Library Mon, 15 Jan 2007 14:00:07 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/#comment-24968 [...] The NYT has now published an editorial (registration required) on the Maplewood issue Some highlights and why they annoyed me: [...] [...] The NYT has now published an editorial (registration required) on the Maplewood issue Some highlights and why they annoyed me: [...]

]]> By: Rachel http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-21989 Rachel Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:40:31 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/#comment-21989 Good stuff, David. Good stuff, David.

]]> By: Abigail http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-21986 Abigail Thu, 04 Jan 2007 20:12:28 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/#comment-21986 Thoughtful response David :) Thoughtful response David :)

]]> By: walt crawford http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-21906 walt crawford Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:44:39 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/#comment-21906 Thank you, thank you, thank you: "Since most of us commenting don’t work there, we should be very skeptical about embracing that assumption as truth. It isn’t a fair assumption to make, and I dislike seeing bibliobloggers criticize the Maplewood Library from afar." This is only the most current and egregious example of the Shame Game among libloggers: Criticizing the practices of other libraries without direct knowledge of the reasons for those practices. I'm astonished at the amount of piling on in this case. Maybe I shouldn't be. "Armchair quarterbacking" is alive and well... Thank you, thank you, thank you:

“Since most of us commenting don’t work there, we should be very skeptical about embracing that assumption as truth. It isn’t a fair assumption to make, and I dislike seeing bibliobloggers criticize the Maplewood Library from afar.”

This is only the most current and egregious example of the Shame Game among libloggers: Criticizing the practices of other libraries without direct knowledge of the reasons for those practices. I’m astonished at the amount of piling on in this case. Maybe I shouldn’t be. “Armchair quarterbacking” is alive and well…

]]> By: T Scott http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/comment-page-1/#comment-21901 T Scott Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:57:37 +0000 http://davidrothman.net/2007/01/04/maplewood-memorial-library/#comment-21901 This is the most sensible statement on this issue I've seen in the biblioblogosphere so far. I do hope that the visibility that the Times article has given to this situation will help to pressure the various parties involved to come up with a solution that will eliminate the need to close the library, but I think you are entirely right to point out that the library itself has apparently done everything that it could do. I am on occasion frustrated when I read posts from people talking about the way they think things ought to be when they have never borne real responsibility for making those things happen. This is the most sensible statement on this issue I’ve seen in the biblioblogosphere so far. I do hope that the visibility that the Times article has given to this situation will help to pressure the various parties involved to come up with a solution that will eliminate the need to close the library, but I think you are entirely right to point out that the library itself has apparently done everything that it could do. I am on occasion frustrated when I read posts from people talking about the way they think things ought to be when they have never borne real responsibility for making those things happen.

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