The following beginning to a letter by Reston resident Kathy Kaplan clearly and factually lays out the poor state and prospects for our County's libraries, including Reston Regional Library set as the guinea pig for the new County library vision.
To the Editor:
A
significant number of planners expect the nation to be illiterate by
2050, so books will not be needed. Instead of planning for my
grandchildren’s needs today, the county has decided to prepare for their
grandchildren’s needs in an imaginary future where people no longer
read, where electronic devices enable them to communicate without
written language, where books no longer exist. (From a study on
architect Grimm & Parker’s website.)
Changes
being currently considered to the Reston Regional Library will
eliminate the children’s desk and all Youth Services. All children’s
librarians will be eliminated. Information librarians will be
eliminated. Professional degrees for librarians will no longer be
required even for the position of library director. Staff will be cut by
a third, from 20.5 to 13.5.
Because
of the community uproar over book dumping by FCPL, citizens and
taxpayers have been given a little time for public input to consider the
proposed changes (the Beta Plan). Supervisor Cathy Hudgins will host a
public meeting Oct. 30 at the Hunters Woods Elementary School at 2401
Colts Neck Road, Reston, at 7 p.m.
If library services are something you value, you need to attend this meeting and let your opinions be known. . .
Click here to read the rest of this excellent letter.
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