Ventura County Library - In honor of Armenian History Month, the Vtura County Libraries are continuing their "Be the Change" series with the Southern California Library Association with two events;
On Thursday, political consultant and moderator Eric Hakopian spoke with Salpi Ghazarian, director of the USC Institute for Weapons Studies, in a pre-recorded video titled "Army, Arshak, Diaspora - Memory, Identity and Responsibility."
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Eric Hakopian is a 30-year veteran of American politics who has worked on campaigns from the local to the presidential level. For the past 22 years, he has served as a principal at ADH & Associates, a Democratic consulting firm in Southern California.
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Salpi Ghazarian joined USC's Institute for Military Studies in 2014 to lead a global think tank that brings together the skills, training, and passion of scholars, practitioners, and leaders to address and impact national and global challenges. On communities in California, USA and Armia.
On April 10, author and teacher Katchig Mouradian will discuss his book "The Resistance Network" with filmmaker and screenwriter Eric Nazarian.
"The Resistance Network" is the story of an underground network of humanitarian aid workers, missionaries and diplomats in Ottoman Syria who helped save thousands of lives during the Armenian genocide. Chachig challenged Mouradian to portray Armenians as victims of violence and humanitarian subjugation, highlighting the central role they played in organizing humanitarian struggles against the destruction of their people. Going in can be confusing. Our solutions ensure that digital content is delivered seamlessly to everyone, regardless of technology platform – in today's and tomorrow's media.
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Although its full impact has yet to be measured, book enthusiasts and library officials who have stopped fines have hailed the move as a success.
"It's a relief," said Carrie Davis, who quit EP. Last month at the Adoption Library in Venturatte to borrow books for her twin 4-year-old grandsons. She has been a regular for years, taking the two twins and two older grandchildren to visit downtown.
She tries to return books on time, but remembers a few months ago when she was left with too many books and couldn't pay the fine.
The release of library fines is happening across the country, and the American Library Association has recognized fines as "a form of social equity" since its decision two years ago.
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The association is calling on libraries across the country to find ways to cut costs. Library systems in some of the nation's largest cities, including New York, Chicago and San Diego, have done away with fines in the past after realizing that fines would put off those who wanted to profit from them. Most library resources. Officials in Ventura County say at least 200 libraries nationwide have been fined.
Libraries have imposed fines for generations to encourage borrowers to check others to return books, according to the American Library Association. But the association said it would be cheaper to avoid the penalty to encourage customers to return the books.
Locally, the move has saved more than $69,000 in staff hours in the 12-branch Ventura County library system since fines were suspended a year ago, said Director Nancy Schramm. She said the change freed customers from nearly $81,000 in late fees.
The fees range from 25 cents per day to a maximum of $6 per book in the Ventura County library system. That can add up quickly for parents and grandparents of young children who each produce 10 books. Once the fine reaches $40, they can't borrow books until they fix the problem, officials said.
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Senior librarian Dolly Knight says children and elderly patrons may not have transportation, so it's unwise to punish them for things outside of their control.
The county system doesn't charge a fine for overdue books, but it does charge a fee if the item isn't returned within 30 days of the due date, said Linda Cherry of the Hill Road branch library in Ventura. , she said.
Four of the seven public libraries in Ventura County have issued fines: the 12-branch county system, Blanchard Community Library in Santa Paula, Simi Valley Public Library and Thousand Oaks Library.
Officials said they are evaluating the proposal for the county's remaining public libraries, which have multiple locations in Camarillo, Moorpark and Oxnard.
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Blanchard Community Library in Santa Paula — the county's poorest city — went without fines for the first time two years ago after officials heard some parents wouldn't let their kids get library cards because they couldn't pay the fines. . .
"Anything that discourages kids from using the library goes against what we're all about," director Ned Branch said.
At Meiners Oaks, librarian Deborah Damore has seen parents tell their children they can't use their cards because it could lead to punishment.
Research shows that many people whose access to libraries is limited by taxes live in low-income neighborhoods, said Michelle Jeske, past president of the Public Library Association.
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"As we're committed to equity, we're trying to remove barriers for the most vulnerable people in our community, so (reducing fees) helps with that," said Jeske, executive director of the Denver Public Library in Colorado.
Proponents of the move say the fines will raise less money that won't be wasted on customers.
"There's an element of shame when someone experiences a delay. They might be embarrassed, and they'll stop using the library," he said.
Libraries generally stopped assessing fines during the outbreak, but permanent disposal is more expensive.
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Sophia Kimsey, director of the Oxnard Public Library, isn't sure it will make much of a difference in library use in the county's largest city.
"Most of our supporters are library supporters," she said. "They want to give us money."
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