Behavior in Wauwatosa
Leah Langby
April 13, 2010
Keeping Up With Kids

Brendan McCarty, the new youth services librarian at Bloomer, sent this note:

Here is a relevant article I found about teen “misbehavior” at a suburban Milwaukee (Wauwatosa) library. I think it’s a useful article because, even though most libraries in our area don’t have the budget or personnel options available in Wauwatosa, it’s useful to view this as more of a community involvement issue, which seems to be what they’re doing in ‘Tosa. Also, as is usually the case with these sorts of Not In My Backyard issues, the comments section of the article offers its own unique insights:

http://www.wauwatosanow.com/news/90023407.html

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