Library staff and trustees were asked to complete a satisfaction and use survey as required by the SALS Plan of Service 2012-2016. One hundred forty-nine people began the survey; one hundred seventeen people completed the survey (sixty-five staff, thirty-two trustees, twenty-six directors). Here are some of the survey highlights.
98.3% of the respondents are satisfied with SALS services.
98% of the respondents find SALS services to be valuable and relevant.
A Message to ALA Members from ALA President Barbara Stripling
In early June, reports of the National Security Agency’s secret practices rang loudly around the world. News reports detailed PRISM, the U.S. government surveillance program that obtains the Internet records from ten U.S. companies: Verizon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple. It appears that phone records, emails, photos, and social networking activities have been collected and catalogued by the FBI and the NSA over the last seven years.
ALA is saddened by recent news that the government has obtained vast amounts of personal information and electronic communications of millions of innocent people. The extent of the personal information received by the government is very troubling. Those of you who have been long-time members of ALA know that we have always argued that provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act encroach on the privacy expectations of library users. Worse, the surveillance law erodes our basic First Amendment rights, all while undermining the very fabric of our democracy.Continue reading
Geoff Kirkpatrick, director of Bethlehem PL and a candidate for NYLA presidency will speak to us on Civil Service/HR law as well as library advocacy.
Where: Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library