Media Round-up

Many people both in my area and out of it have recently become aware of the fact that my employer, the City of Stockton, and as well as San Joaquin County (the two agencies representing the lion's share of revenue that funds operations at the Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library) have issued a joint RFP soliciting proposals for the possible outsourcing of the management of SSJCPL.

Simply to provide a brief one-stop collection about some of what has appeared in the local and national press about this issue, I provide the following links:

• From today's Library Journal.
• From yesterday's American Libraries
• From Tuesday's Tracy Press
• From Monday's KCRA news
• From the 6/27 edition of the Manteca Bulletin
• From the 7/16 edition of the Tracy Press
• From the 7/18 edition of the Stockton Record New!

If you have an opinion about this issue, I'd love to hear!