Library Confidential: Crimes Kept Secret

David Rothman writes “This story from Chicago looks a lot like the Carl Monday stories from Cleveland about masturbation in public libraries.”

November 4, 2006 by Librarians Libraries

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4 Responses

  1. Anonymous Patron says:
    November 4, 2006 at 8:38 am

    Need to watch video
    This news report is a must watch for librarians. Whether you agree or disagree with the report a very negative view of libraries is being shown.

  2. Anonymous says:
    November 4, 2006 at 8:12 pm

    The Anonymous Patron Is Right
    This one is a watch. I keep writing about how we’re in trouble because of the web and other technology but I’ve never put any thought into other factors. This is one that will also hurt, not this particular story, but this type of thing in general. One more nail in the coffin.

  3. GregS* says:
    November 4, 2006 at 8:56 pm

    Re:The Anonymous Patron Is Right
    A nail in the coffin? Not hardly. An oppurtunity to fix long standing problems? Yes. For Krug to say the police should be called when a crime was committed is a farce considering herself and ALA support patrons rights to view porn in the library. Something that leads to the behavior in question and also inhibits librarians from taking action until its too late.

    Here’s a link to the follow-up story concerning the law that delayed getting info on the perp.

  4. Anonymous Patron says:
    November 8, 2006 at 1:54 am

    Hartford Library Head Knew Nothing of Info Feed
    Outside of Chicagoland, more details have emerged concerning the activities of convicted sex offender Scott Murtagh at the Hartford (CT) Public Library.

    According to a Hartford Courant article, the Hartford Public Library chief librarian Louise Blalock said “she was unaware that information about Murtagh’s activities on a library computer had been provided to Hartford police by a member of her staff.”

    “If that was done, it was done against the established practice of the library,” Blalock said. “It is against library practice.”

    Although the Hartford Public Library is not a member of the politically active Library Connection, it is surrounded by libraries that are members.

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