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  1. Convenient & Free by lagnut · · Score: 1 · on Gen Y Hits the Library the Most -- But Not For Books

    In more rural areas, I can see it being a burden to get to the library. Where we are, there is a library I can borrow from in every town, 10 or 12 with 5 miles of here. Its not just the free books, DVDs, CDs & software, there are other activities in the building as well. Programs for the kids (I help run the twice monthly chess program in my town and my wife runs the knitting program). Its a part of the community and so am I. Being dead broke, I can easily find almost anything I want for free and justify getting it. Bccls.org

  2. Re:Protecting privacy by RobertB-DC · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    ... here is the contact page for the library system. Be sure to send in an email or give a call to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System in support of Michele Reutty.

    I used the form, and received a nice (but understandably short) reply:
    I have forwarded your message to Ms Reutty.
    You might also like to take a look at...
    http://www.bccls.org/reference/2006-06-23.shtml

    Thank you very much for writing,
    Guy Dobson
    BCCLS

    The site is getting positively flooded with support! Mine is the one near the top, referencing my high school's "1984 day", back *in* 1984. We thought the idea of losing our freedom by the actions of our own leaders was pretty outlandish back then...
  3. Re:Protecting privacy by IAmTheDave · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    I sent an email and it was posted here, along with many others. The Bergen County Community Library System made sure that I knew they were standing behind their director:

    Mr. xxx,

    I have forwarded your message to Ms Reutty.

    Let me assure you that the library association _has_ stood firmly behind Ms Reutty from the beginning of this affair. I have included your message in this page...
    http://www.bccls.org/reference/2006-06-23.shtml

    Thank you very much for writing,
    Guy Dobson
    BCCLS
  4. Re:Protecting privacy by IAmTheDave · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    I sent an email and it was posted here, along with many others. The Bergen County Community Library System made sure that I knew they were standing behind their director:

    Mr. xxx,

    I have forwarded your message to Ms Reutty.

    Let me assure you that the library association _has_ stood firmly behind Ms Reutty from the beginning of this affair. I have included your message in this page...
    http://www.bccls.org/reference/2006-06-23.shtml

    Thank you very much for writing,
    Guy Dobson
    BCCLS
  5. Good work! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    http://www.bccls.org/reference/2006-06-23.shtml

    - DRFS Rich

  6. Re:Protecting privacy by IAmTheDave · · Score: 4, Informative · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    Sorry to post this here, as it's not really a legit response, but here is the contact page for the library system. Be sure to send in an email or give a call to the Bergen County Cooperative Library System in support of Michele Reutty.

    Is it just me, or are librarians like the only ones taking a unified stand against the coming police state??

    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/contactus.htm

  7. Re:Contact the library and tell her she did good!! by mchappee · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    The library's contact form:
    http://www.bccls.org/feedback.shtml

    The feedback e-mail address:
    bccls@bccls.org

    Maybe a nice, supportive Slashdotting is what they need to electroshock them back to their senses...

    MC

  8. Contact the library and tell her she did good!! by Elminst · · Score: 2, Informative · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    How about we contact the library and let them know we appreciate that she did her job?
    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/librarystaff.htm

    Ms. Reutty's email is also on the contact page.
    I think writing would be better... I don't think they'd like their email or answering machine slashdotted.

    The site also has the names of the Board of Trustees, who seem intent on persecuting Ms. Reutty instead of supporting her.

    Put your money where your mouths are. Do something!

  9. Re:let's do something about it by tres3 · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    Well I was getting ready to say the very same thing and post the same information. I'll just add a link to the Library and the contact information but you have already added the information from those pages. :-)

    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/
    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/contactus.htm

  10. Re:let's do something about it by tres3 · · Score: 1 · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    Well I was getting ready to say the very same thing and post the same information. I'll just add a link to the Library and the contact information but you have already added the information from those pages. :-)

    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/
    http://www.bccls.org/hasbrouck/contactus.htm

  11. Let's be serious here... by RyoShin · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    However, borough labor lawyer Ellen Horn, who also represented the library trustees, said Reutty was 'more interested in protecting' her library than helping the police. 'It was an absolute misjudgment of the seriousness of the matter,' Horn said."
    If it was so serious, then why couldn't the police go through the steps to get the supeona?

    If it's that serious, you want a trail of evidence and iron-clad law-abiding police searches and questioning to bring you through prosecution. The fact that the police failed to get a subpeona for a situation where one would likely be needed (they wouldn't have to use it right away, only if the librarian put up a fight).

    I applaud this librarian for forcing the police to do their job. Why, if everyone did this, we might actually have a trust-worthy government! Oh, the horror!

    Members of the Borough Council have suggested she receive punishment ranging from a letter of reprimand in her personnel file to a 30-day unpaid suspension. But the Library Board of Trustees said it would reserve judgment until a closed-door hearing next month.
    The article mentions that reps from a library association went to a meeting to show support for Reutty, but I think it might help if concerned citizens from around the country let their voice be heard.

    Hasbrouck Heights Library website

    Here is a list of staff, with the board of trustees at the bottom. I can't find individual contact lists for them, but sending snail mail to the library and putting their name would probably work.
  12. Let's be serious here... by RyoShin · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena
    However, borough labor lawyer Ellen Horn, who also represented the library trustees, said Reutty was 'more interested in protecting' her library than helping the police. 'It was an absolute misjudgment of the seriousness of the matter,' Horn said."
    If it was so serious, then why couldn't the police go through the steps to get the supeona?

    If it's that serious, you want a trail of evidence and iron-clad law-abiding police searches and questioning to bring you through prosecution. The fact that the police failed to get a subpeona for a situation where one would likely be needed (they wouldn't have to use it right away, only if the librarian put up a fight).

    I applaud this librarian for forcing the police to do their job. Why, if everyone did this, we might actually have a trust-worthy government! Oh, the horror!

    Members of the Borough Council have suggested she receive punishment ranging from a letter of reprimand in her personnel file to a 30-day unpaid suspension. But the Library Board of Trustees said it would reserve judgment until a closed-door hearing next month.
    The article mentions that reps from a library association went to a meeting to show support for Reutty, but I think it might help if concerned citizens from around the country let their voice be heard.

    Hasbrouck Heights Library website

    Here is a list of staff, with the board of trustees at the bottom. I can't find individual contact lists for them, but sending snail mail to the library and putting their name would probably work.
  13. Re:Send your thanks to... by conlaw · · Score: 3, Informative · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    And for addtional comments:

    The library maintains a comment form at http://www.bccls.org/feedback.shtml. Ellen Horn's firm, Ruderman & Glickman, P.C. of Springfield, NJ, doesn't have an internet site (it's "under construction"), but their fax number is (908) 624-6114

  14. Send your thanks to... by mattkime · · Score: 5, Informative · on Library Chief Criticized for Requiring Subpoena

    A quick googling reveals that you can send your thanks and support to reutty@BCCLS.ORG.

    I already have.

    (Does anyone else just love that some cases are too important for proper legal procedure? They should have gotten warrants in the first place...)