Uploaded October 2010 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
UPDATED: Pay-for-service model fire department watches a non-payer's house burn down:
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/burning-down-the-house/?src=twt&twt=NytimesKrugman
Library Privatization Links:
"Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries"
nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/27libraries.html
"Privatizing Public Libraries" (thanks, @cmdrsue (via twitter)!
allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Privatizing_Public_Libraries_100928
"Privatization of Public Libraries: A List of Information Resources"
mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/trustees/privatization_pl.pdf
"The Impact of Outsourcing and Privatization On Library Services and Management"
IMPORTANT: I have not looked up the affiliations of the people who did the study. I will, but please read this with that caveat.
ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits/outsourcing/outsourcing_doc.pdf
"AFSCME Privatization Update: Libraries"
afscmeinfocenter.org/privatizationupdate/library
"Will Burchett Privatize the Library?"
metropulse.com/news/2010/sep/01/will-burchett-privatize-library
Just a taste of what I was talking about with the Smithsonian - most of what happened never saw the light of day: "Smithsonian's Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032600643.html
"Smithsonian Scandals and Leadership Changes"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/03/26/LI2007032600697.html
"Museum Ousts Gary Beer For Excess Expenses"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101379.html
Gary Beer at Propaganda Holdings:
allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4794192-1.html
UPDATED: Pay-for-service model fire department watches a non-payer's house burn down:
krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/burning-down-the-house/?src=twt&twt=NytimesKrugman
Library Privatization Links:
"Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries"
nytimes.com/2010/09/27/business/27libraries.html
"Privatizing Public Libraries" (thanks, @cmdrsue (via twitter)!
allgov.com/Controversies/ViewNews/Privatizing_Public_Libraries_100928
"Privatization of Public Libraries: A List of Information Resources"
mblc.state.ma.us/advisory/trustees/privatization_pl.pdf
"The Impact of Outsourcing and Privatization On Library Services and Management"
IMPORTANT: I have not looked up the affiliations of the people who did the study. I will, but please read this with that caveat.
ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits/outsourcing/outsourcing_doc.pdf
"AFSCME Privatization Update: Libraries"
afscmeinfocenter.org/privatizationupdate/library
"Will Burchett Privatize the Library?"
metropulse.com/news/2010/sep/01/will-burchett-privatize-library
Just a taste of what I was talking about with the Smithsonian - most of what happened never saw the light of day: "Smithsonian's Small Quits in Wake of Inquiry"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/26/AR2007032600643.html
"Smithsonian Scandals and Leadership Changes"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/03/26/LI2007032600697.html
"Museum Ousts Gary Beer For Excess Expenses"
washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/01/AR2007080101379.html
Gary Beer at Propaganda Holdings:
allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4794192-1.html
