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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
P.O.BOX 9
CHICO, CALIFORNIA
95927
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
AUGUST 28, 2010
On August 10- 2010, the Board of Supervisors voted to eliminate the position of
Supervisor of Technical Services of the Butte County Library.
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This position and one other employee make up the Technical Services for the Butte
County Library. Technical Services is responsible for cataloging all the material that all
of the libraries of Butte County have in their branches. They process approximately
35,000 to 45,000 items each year. The Library Director told the Supervisors that
Technical Services would do the cataloging. My question is, how is one person going to
catalog and process the number of items that two employees have been doing?
I volunteered and was employed as Extra Help from 1995 until 2003 at the Oroville
Branch of Butte County Library. I understand the importance of efficient, correct, and
timely cataloging items into the Butte County Library computer system. A patron or an
employee will be unable to locate the material they are searching for if the cataloging is
not correctly inputted into the computer.
I urge the Board of Supervisors to revisit their decision to eliminate the Supervisor of
Technical Services and reinstate the position so that the branches of The Butte County
Library can be efficiently served through the Technical Services Department.
Mary A. Murphy
1950 70' Street
Oroville, Ca.
95965
530-533-8632
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