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 . [[ https://www.amandaoliver.com/ | Amanda Oliver website ]] Buffalo NY -> [[ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Joshua+Tree,+CA+92252/@34.1266869,-116.321196,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x80dad045fbc95001:0xe4e7fe5a00146bc3!8m2!3d34.134728!4d-116.3130661!16zL20vMHI0am0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D | Joshua Tree, CA ]]
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 .p06 More libraries than Starbucks, 10.5 adult visits/yr.
 .p07 ALA 2019 Report / Unhoused / Addicted / mental health
  . Portland library branches unhoused [[ https://www.wccls.org/news/mini-libraries-homeless-shelters | wccls minilibraries for shelters ]]
  . [[ https://katu.com/news/local/washington-co-to-open-sleep-safe-village-to-combat-covid-19-among-homeless | Safe Sleep Village at Former Washington County Fairgrounds ]]
  .[[ https://www.beavertonoregon.gov/371/Beaverton-Homeless-Shelter | Beaverton Open Housing Works for 60 people 2024/11 ]]
  .[[ https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/multnomah-county-library-workers-unsafe-drug-overdoses-homelessness/283-45456d0a-ee39-46b3-ab01-bfe95a19f62e | Multco Library homeless issues, Central and Northwest ]]
  .[[ https://www.hereisoregon.com/places/2022/02/the-lonely-library-one-woman-keeps-the-grand-ronde-library-alive-one-afternoon-a-week.html | Grand Ronde Library Mon 12-4 ]] [[ https://www.google.com/maps/place/8582+Grand+Ronde+Rd,+Grand+Ronde,+OR+97347/@45.0596497,-123.6104102,19z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x54eab97c7c22fd51:0x65f81b43b811dbfe!8m2!3d45.0598916!4d-123.6093361?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D | 8582 Grand Ronde Road North of Hwy 18 ]]
 .p8-10 unwelcome patron comment .p13 author guilt
 .p14 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_Company_of_Philadelphia | Library Company of Philadelphia ]] 1731 p16 colored forbidden
 .p17 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Public_Library | 1st American public library Boston Mason Street 1854 March 20 ]] 1870 second branch, [[ https://www.bpl.org/ | Boston Public Library ]]
  . [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multnomah_County_Library | Multnomah County Public Library March 1864 ]]
 .p18 75% of public libraries created by women's club activism
 .p19 Carnegie 1883-1928 $60M to fund 1700 US public libraries - [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Carnegie_libraries_in_Oregon | in Oregon ]] [[ https://www.google.com/maps/@45.5239076,-122.9876725,3a,15y,13.54h,90.64t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1siySpNIT7O4x1pKhekTkDWQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.6446057928989859%26panoid%3DiySpNIT7O4x1pKhekTkDWQ%26yaw%3D13.53677710301761!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTIwMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D | map ]]
 .p21-23 Colored Carnegie Libraries
 .p24 [[ https://multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S152C835244 | The Desegregation of Public Libraries in the Jim Crow South ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_A._Wiegand | Wiegand ]] 2018
 .p26 [[ https://www.ala.org/tools/atoz/poor-andor-homeless-library-patrons | ALA Policy 61 Library Services for the Poor ]]
 .p28 2018 Librarians, Black and Asian relatively underrepresented

|| White || 149692 || 1.0000 || 160654446 || 1.0000 || 100% relative representation || add: ||
|| Black || 11213 || 0.0749 || 30830632 || 0.1919 || 39% relative representation || 17514 ||
|| Asian || 6938 || 0.0463 || 14850826 || 0.0924 || 50% relative representation || 6900 ||

At $24,479 per MLS, the cost of training additional "underrepresenteds" would be around $600M. The mean (non-burdened) salary cost is $58K. At a 7% future discount rate all those full career salaries might be 2 billion dollars for all time; about one year of total library and archive funding.

 .p29 Author 7 years in DC Public Schools and DC Public Library
 .p31 Author first library in [[ Willamsville | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williamsville,_New_York ]] suburb of Buffalo NY
 .p32 Author born 1985, father Episcopal Church [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton_(office) | sexton ]] low salary, low respect
 .p35 14 yo first minwage job, 15 yo two more, p36 plus shoplifting, caught age 18, record cleared after probation
 .p38 MLS program at University of Buffalo graduated 2011(?),
 .p39 first job [[ https://www.thomsondcps.org/ | Thomson Elementary School ]] in DC
 .p40 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodley_Park_(Washington,_D.C.) || Woodley Park ]] basement flat $1300/mo, salary $1300 biweekly
 .p41 troubled students, mental health, very needy
 .p43 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_%22Superman%22 | Waiting for "Superman" documentary ]]
 .p43 after [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Rhee | Michelle Rhee ]] resigned as school district chancellor
 .p43 [[ https://www.air.org/sites/default/files/publications/IMPACT_Report_RELEASE.pdf | IMPACT ]] teacher rating system

Overdue

Reckoning with the Public Library

Amanda Oliver 2022 MurrayScholls 027.473 OLI

White

149692

1.0000

160654446

1.0000

100% relative representation

add:

Black

11213

0.0749

30830632

0.1919

39% relative representation

17514

Asian

6938

0.0463

14850826

0.0924

50% relative representation

6900

At $24,479 per MLS, the cost of training additional "underrepresenteds" would be around $600M. The mean (non-burdened) salary cost is $58K. At a 7% future discount rate all those full career salaries might be 2 billion dollars for all time; about one year of total library and archive funding.

Overdue (last edited 2024-12-06 09:09:59 by KeithLofstrom)