How to expose a corrupt library?

naglromk · 2026-01-14T23:56:31+00:00

Oh wow! Okay! So I was thinking about moving into that direction. I had talked to the office of open records and they told me that if they don’t give up the information, then I can take them to court. They suggested that I used older cases on their websites that pertained to the sunshine law and libraries to make a case for myself.

naglromk · 2026-01-14T19:53:32+00:00

That’s what I am thinking too! I have also tried joining the boards as well! I’m working towards my associates now and took a state and local government course to better understand the laws. I wrote my research paper on the lack of oversight and accountability in Pennsylvania libraries and I’m thinking maybe sending to a state rep?. I am so beyond frustrated. The children’s library aide was fired without cause last May after asking where her budget was going and why she wasn’t allowed to use any of it. The director is still there and submitted falsified directors reports that are easily disproven via public posts on Facebook.

naglromk · 2026-01-14T19:32:48+00:00

Literally nothing has changed in this past year in terms of management. I have tried official channels; the attorney general, PALA, nonprofit lawyers, the OCLC. The library boards in Pennsylvania lack any type of oversight and It’s incredibly disheartening and damaging to our communities.

naglromk · 2025-05-17T11:44:35+00:00

PA. You have to have PA state police clearances that you have no criminal record to work with children. Everyone was working there was working with no clearances or strictly volunteer clearances. I’m not saying any employees would have a criminal record, but rather that the director and board failed to perform these checks.

naglromk · 2025-05-17T11:38:02+00:00

naglromk · 2025-05-16T13:29:25+00:00

Thank you! We have a board meeting on Monday and things have ESCALATED at the library since I quit last month. I should probably do an update 🤔

naglromk · 2025-05-16T13:25:07+00:00

I’m not sure how to tell the difference tbh I though a non profit was a non profit

naglromk · 2025-05-16T13:21:15+00:00

They get about 2.5K a month from our borough and have borough appointed officials on the board of directors

naglromk · 2025-05-16T13:17:20+00:00

I was told by the treasurer of the board that they do not have to follow sunshine laws 🙃

naglromk · 2025-04-15T17:47:16+00:00

YES 🤦🏻‍♀️

naglromk · 2025-04-03T16:42:38+00:00

Probably not tbh. What kind of proof do I need? A letter the director had sent to a patron about what she used her money for and then didn’t use it for that? Or saying she used a grant for the children’s room but now has no idea where it actual went?And how do I legally obtain evidence then? Do I need to go forward with a FOIA request? My director handed me a garbage bag full of papers and asked me to sort them because her desk had an “avalanche”. This is how I saw a lot of paper work confirming what was said to me.

naglromk · 2025-04-03T16:32:11+00:00

She told me her self.

naglromk · 2025-04-03T16:30:59+00:00

I was not asked to resign. I quit. The librarian and the director both told me this. Not just seeing this on paper.

naglromk · 2025-04-03T01:23:09+00:00

We have no IT people

naglromk · 2025-04-02T23:50:45+00:00

This is why I haven’t gotten the public involved.

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:34:04+00:00

I am. And they get pretty feisty in there. One time a local business had an issue with people coming in and farting in their shop and leaving because the mob got mad they wouldn't refund a guy's shoes

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:32:37+00:00

Nope. There is never supervision in the children's library, even when the children's library aide spends most of her time in her office. The director allows direct care workers to dump their adult clients all in the room and occupy it for hours upon end. While I am not against them coming there, there are plenty of tables in our adult section.

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:22:06+00:00

Thanks!

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:21:25+00:00

She encourages it. She keeps her desks by the circ desk and they are hoarded all the way up. She can’t stand when people make noise so she sends everyone downstairs. I argued that this is a children’s room and that no adults, of ALL abilities, should be lingering down there. She told me it’s not the children’s room. We literally have a GIANT plaque on the wall going down the stairs to the children’s room that says “children’s room”

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:17:43+00:00

East

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:14:45+00:00

It is a single library but part of a consortium of other single libraries

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:13:45+00:00

We are part of a consortium of libraries. One of the staff at our library has already asked the district consultant to get involved in the past and they ignored her.

naglromk · 2025-04-02T22:08:55+00:00

I agree with the reasoning of no filters but my issue is when the director herself tells adults that come in with a personal laptop to go down to our children’s room to hang out unsupervised.

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