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Re:What Do Public Library Workers Do? (2011) by w__m on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:30AM (#12319078)
IT in many libraries is heavily underinvested, both in pay and infrastructure. So, you have too few, average or below-average workers, annoyed with constant struggle with old software / hardware (plus standard IT support problems, like workers resetting their computers by turning the screen of and on again).

Woops, a disk in our 9-year-old array just died. Let me fill that form for financial director, and explain we really do need to buy a new one. Pray so that spare disk won't die in the meantime. "No, we cannot buy a cheaper one". What, new server? We just bought you a brand new expensive hard drive 6 months ago!

Re:What Do Public Library Workers Do? (2011) by BrandoElFollito on Friday August 19, 2016 @06:02PM (#12323839)
I know the struggle. Just make sure that everything is documented and let the other disk fail. Then go home. After a few of these dralas you are either fired or promoted to "we should listen to him"