Following the post on the last day, I'm sure that most think, "suddenly making payment services librarian when they have always been free? will be the ruin of the libraries! And now we are in crisis. Not to mention that those who visit the libraries more are precisely the people with more resources. "
And of course they were right to everyone s those who think so.
But what I want to raise here is not to establish tariffs for maybe get a few euros more to keep public libraries. This is a general discussion, which also includes the libraries, but that goes further, that applies to all public services.
sure you remember the "civility", what they studied in school, our grandparents and parents, and now is called citizenship. But at one time or another, now or yesterday, means the same: respect the rules of public coexistence. In what is also making an appropriate and respectful use of public goods and services.
How many times have we seen break or burn a bin or container for a kid? Nor is it known how many times. And why do not you care? He knows that he will pay the damage, which in a few days there will be a new paper by birlibirloque art.
But make no mistake, we all know that the disregard of public affairs is not the heritage of adolescents. On the other hand is something inherited from the old, how could it be otherwise. Or perhaps more than once, being on the beach, we did not yelling at someone who throw cigarette butts in the sand or leave their garbage on the sand, and he has responded rudely something like: What? The beach belongs to everyone! Or how much to tell us pretending to repent: Sorry, I was going to pick it up.
Honestly, I'm tired, tired of these behaviors. I concluded that everything that costs money, not valued . That is, everything is public, paid for by our taxes.
And the same is the case with public libraries. It is believed that libraries, as well, and public service are like mushrooms, emerged from the soil naturally. And do not appreciate all that they offer to society. Many think they do not charge for services is not exactly the best way that most citizens appreciate the library profession.
But I do not speak of charging users high rates, particularly on the lending of materials. Simply raise charging a nominal fee per loan, for example 25 euro cents (the rate that may be exempt certain population groups unemployed, youth and people with low income).
may for a time users are surprised and complained. But over time they would see that it is nothing more burdensome and would value libraries and librarians.
public libraries actually would get money to finance only those charges, but achieved much more importantly, to demonstrate to people that nothing is free that we have take care of public property, which belong to everyone because we all pay.
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