[Hidden-tech] What Happened: Franklin Law Library Citizens Report

[Laporte Rob]

I could get my mind around this issue better if I read:



Evidence that the digitized library is and will be incomplete.

Evidence that the digitized library could be tampered with or damaged, with greater likelihood than by stolen or lost books and by fire or water destruction.

An explanation of what special interests would get by reducing availability, if indeed a digitized version would reduce availability.
A hypothetical case of someone being disadvantaged by the digitized version of the library.



My firm, DISC, was a Document Imaging & Scanning Company (D-I-S-C) during 1995-6 and did such jobs until about 2001 (primarily search marketing since 1997), including for lawyers and Yale. Back then the technology was impressive (and ahead of what the IRS uses today!). Done right, I would think it could empower users of the digitized library. 


Best Regards,



Rob Laporte

Founder & Managing Partner

DISC, Inc. - "Making Web Sites Make Money"

413-584-6500

Rob at 2disc.com

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---- On Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:41:35 -0500 Lisa Hoag <1world4all at gmail.com> wrote ----




Hi To All :),

Thank you to those who signed our petition to protect our

Massachusetts County Law Libraries. I have spent most of this year

researching the destruction of the Massachusetts County Law Libraries,

and Franklin County in particular. Here is the report at Save Our Law

Libraries:

http://saveourlawlibraries.blogspot.com/2017/11/report-on-franklin-law-library-11-27-17.html

Direct link to pdf:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zSCwHx8-Bn5dAk6WGzMj_XyW_PnY4vhC/view



There is a pdf of the deaccessioning "weed list" from Franklin County

Law Library here:

https://saveourlawlibraries.wordpress.com/records-showing-the-law-books-from-the-franklin-law-library-which-were-shredded-incomplete/



I must also tell you that Hampshire Law Library, which is still

intact, is now at risk. The books have been shredded when a courthouse

is renovated, and the law library spaces are now being shrunk, and the

space taken for the court service centers.

• Hampshire County Courthouse gets state money for repairs

http://www.recorder.com/Northampton-courthouse-gets-renovation-money-12957212

• County courts slated for consolidation under 10-year state plan

http://www.gazettenet.com/Northampton-part-of-plans-to-restore-state-s-deterioriating-courts-9246819



Court service centers help people fill out the trial courts various

forms, but they do not provide a library, where citizens can educate

themselves about the laws, and do their own research about the laws,

and our Constitutional Rights. There are no longer any librarians in

charge of the law libraries. The former Law Library Coordinator for

the Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries, who retired in 2013, had

an MLS from Lesley University. The new law library coordinator is also

Senior Manager of Court Services, and came into the position through

her postition as a court service center manager. There is now no one

in charge of the history of our laws and legislation contained in

these collections that has any professional archival training, or

library science training.



Please forward this report to your friends. We are now working to

create a petition to protect Hampshire Law Library. If you would like

to help protect Hampshire Law Library. please email us at

saveourlawbooks at gmail.com.



Also, if you can make a couple phone calls, or emails that would be

great. We need folks to call Franklin Courthouse, and request that the

Franklin Law Library full originally promised space be restored ( the

original promised space was two full floors, enough to house the

30,000 vlume original collection - we do have a way to restore the

collection, but first the space must be restored). (Feel free to be

creative ad call/contact anyone you think might be good :)

Franklin Courthouse:

(413) 774-7011



Office of Court Management

Massachusetts Trial Court

Facilities Management

Suffolk County Courthouses

3 Pemberton Square

Room 106

Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-725-8787



Senate President Stan Rosenberg:

stan.rosenberg at state.ma.us

413-584-1649



Warm Regards to All,



Lisa Hoag



http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/86-of-200-yr-old-franklin



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Lisa Hoag Designs

PO Box 983

Wendell, MA 01379

http://www.lisahoagdesigns.com

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