From the INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL NEW ERA:
“Lancaster County’s public libraries expect to spend about $150,000 this year to replace aging public-access computers.
“The Library System of Lancaster County board on Wednesday voted unanimously to assist the county’s member libraries with the purchase with a two-part program.
“First, the system will pay $100 toward the cost of each computer, system administrator Bill Hudson said. With some 300 computers expected to need replacing, that will cost the system $30,000.”
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EDITOR: The funds from the Library System are from governmental funding that should by all rights be going directly to the libraries. What is taking place is the System, originally created to perform some useful chores, has made itself a gatekeeper to consume huge chunks of available funding both government and private.
Either the county should do away with the System altogether or the libraries should all be joined together as part of the System and administered by the System, with each library simply represented by an advisory board. Either of the two would work far better than this useless bureaucracy that consumes vital resources, obstructs progress, and contributes virtually nothing.
When will the County Commissioners wake up to this situation and find the political courage to correct it.
