Yoko Ono was once the station's record librarian, one staff member said.
At least 386 schools serving students from grades 6 through 12 do not have a librarian on staff, the records show.
And in New York City, half of the secondary schools appear to be in violation of a state regulation requiring them to have a librarian on staff, with the city currently employing 365 licensed librarians.
Just a few blocks from the clashes between protesters and police, Bonner, the only full-time librarian on staff, who had started the job just weeks earlier, set out a sign at the library doors saying "Stay Strong Ferguson.
While the act does provide mechanisms for research access to patient records, the process is so convoluted and the definitions so opaque that many institutions, especially those without an archivist or librarian on staff, may bar access simply to protect themselves.
Businesses are outsourcing their info-gathering needs instead of keeping a librarian on staff.
I personally witnessed a speaker from Google tell members of The American Society of Indexers at a San Francisco conference that Google had gotten rid of the one librarian on staff in Palo Alto.
Readers may have it best in New York State facilities, most of which have book budgets and degreed librarians on staff.
Library administrators are facilitators in shaping the future of the academic library, bringing the needs of library users together with the concerns of librarians, library staff and colleagues.
Until last week, Time Inc.'s editorial research library -- a huge collection of volumes and archived clippings that occupies a floor and a half at the Time-Life Building, plus extensive warehouse space -- employed three dozen librarians and staff.
