A donor visited our school. She had a companion with her who was
interested in the school's history. We had recently had a writer who
had written about some aspect of the school that the companion was
interested in, too. After that author's visit, he signed 5 copies of
his book which I had purchased and processed for our school library.
The outreach person came to the library and demanded that I give her two
autographed, processed copies of this book for her to give as gifts to
this potential donor.
Would you have shared my reluctance to do this? I offered to buy
two copies of the book for her but she wanted it immediately. Today, my
boss came in and took the two copies and said I have to be more flexible
and work as a team. He first asked: "What would u do for half a million
dollars?" I think that giving away our books is wrong! I think it
gives the public the wrong idea if they see a book with our library
stamps on it. The boss says her public doesn't think that way. I'm
really upset but can't put it into words for a memo to explain why this
is the wrong thing to do.
Do you agree? Can you help me express this? Do u disagree? Can
you explain why its OK to do it? I don't want to be naive, either.
thanks for any help
Roselle Weiner
Library/LRC Coordinator
American School for the Deaf
139 No. Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
relay 711 or tty
860-570-2370
860-570-2301 fax
roselle.weiner@asd-1817.org
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