tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post7776518624874077408..comments2023-09-16T04:58:07.261-04:00Comments on the Annandale Blog: Lots of outrage expressed at community meeting on the library systemAnnandale Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543558586252790593noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-63484691028531195312013-11-06T13:00:52.081-05:002013-11-06T13:00:52.081-05:00There are too many people using the library for me...There are too many people using the library for meetings when they can meet somewhere else. I see cub scout and boy scout troops all the time in libraries. The schools are still available for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-40824682893702191282013-10-15T22:54:22.588-04:002013-10-15T22:54:22.588-04:00The community meeting schedule has been updated. ...The community meeting schedule has been updated. There is a community meeting this coming Saturday, Oct. 19, at 1:30 pm at the Kings Park Library. There will also be a community meeting on Monday, November 18th, at 7 pm at George Mason Regional Library. Members of the public are also welcome to sign up for one of the ten slots to speak at the Library Board of Trustees meeting, on Wednesday, Nov. 13th at George Mason Regional Library. The library website (www.fairfaxcounty.gov) has a link to a current list of all community meetings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-69835412283873798432013-10-14T11:24:53.931-04:002013-10-14T11:24:53.931-04:00I do not know why they are changing the library fr...I do not know why they are changing the library from a library to a meeting room. There are so many people who would take those books. If they really wanted to get rid of them, they could have at least donated or sold them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-90720670004309592882013-10-13T18:44:24.493-04:002013-10-13T18:44:24.493-04:00Thanks for the report on the 1st library public me...Thanks for the report on the 1st library public meeting. I am even more outraged than before. <br /><br />One question I have, regarding the non return of books to their original home branch is what’s to happen to online requests for books from other branches. THAT specific feature I believe has made the library system viable for the 21st Century, FCPL’s best customer service (and I don’t mean retail as referenced below) feature! When I moved back to NoVa in 2004, I was thrilled that I can go online, find any book in the system, and request it be waiting for me at George Mason (my preferred/closest branch). I just LOVE it and have enjoyed so many more books at the library than I would have!<br /><br /> <br /><br />I look up any book I’ve heard of at the FCPL online site FIRST. I put in a request for new book and love that I get a notice when it’s in, even if I’m 83rd in line and get it months later. FCPL and George Mason have been my first point of call, my first source. So, here’s the question:<br /><br />If FCPL will no longer deadhead books back to their home branch, what happens to moving requested books amongst branches for readers requesting them? That would be a severe drop in “customer service” of the library.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-37094654421746419582013-10-13T08:10:45.817-04:002013-10-13T08:10:45.817-04:00Even though Supervisor Smyth has been a fighter at...Even though Supervisor Smyth has been a fighter at this point what happened to her in 2008 when the doomsday budget was enacted on the libraries? Obviously Clay is just a yes man and will do whatever the Board of Supervisors tell him do or whatever a consultant tells him to do to cut money. I hold the Board of Supervisors at fault for terrible management. I don't want to pay a consultant $100,000 (that's generally what they are paid) to tell the library administration how to cut the budget. Something is terribly wrong here. One thing is for sure the Board of Supervisors is not listening to their constituents about libraries or anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6246743662284890173.post-27688595337194083952013-10-12T11:49:09.614-04:002013-10-12T11:49:09.614-04:00Many thanks to Supervisor Smyth for her tireless a...Many thanks to Supervisor Smyth for her tireless and visionary leadership concerniong the wellbeing and future direction of Fairfax county Public Libraries. Supervisor Smyth is truly the sort of dedicated public servant we all wish was far less uncommon. Thank you and Bless you Linda Smyth !!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com