Oshkosh Letter Writer Takes Northwestern to Task

Link to June 28 letter in Oshkosh Northwestern, "Northwestern 'reckless' to print library story".

Excerpt: I would like to respond to the Northwestern article about the Oshkosh Public Library security gap (June 21). It sounds to me like The Northwestern went public solely because it was miffed over being lied to, rather than any real concern for the loss of library materials to thieves. In this case, the library’s white lie to protect their collection was more justifiable than the right of the press to publish this story.

The article states that there will be a gradual switch to the new system because they can’t use volunteers to help with the RFID tagging due to union contracts (a ridiculous feature for a contract with a public institution, but that is a separate argument), and they can’t hire any more staff due to budget constraints. So it appears that the article will not help to protect the library’s collection at all.