Category Archive: Marathon County Library
Librarian Demotions: Not Merely Unfair
What are we to make of the demotion of the 3 librarians at the Marathon County Public Library? Good business? Solid fiscal prudence? Oh, I don’t think so. It’s shoddy and negligent – embarrassing to the whole community. What happened here? Nothing less than an outrageous incursion of a corporate value structure poorly overlayed on top of a public good. It’s unfair and I call rot nihilism. Had people in positions of power acted with greater prudence, this lament would be unnecessary.
The quotes by those sitting atop the hierarchy strike me as doubly wretched in that they render forth two …
Free Parking?
I love the library. I visit several times a week, sometimes to drop off or pick up items, sometimes for a book club meeting, sometimes with my toddler so he can enjoy story time or the play area. Wausau has an awesome library, staff and interlibrary loan offerings.
The parking lot is what really puts a damper on the library visits. My understanding is that a drive-thru window is being constructed at the lower level, which will hopefully reduce the parking issues. In the mean time, I have grown frustrated at what appears to be overuse or unfair parking in the …