The New York Public Library (NYPL) is proceeding with a major reorganization, notably consolidating its long-divided Research Libraries and Branch Libraries under the "One NYPL" rubric, merging training and planning for one integrated library system (see News, LJ10/1/07, p. 12). Yet insiders question how the move will affect the deployment of staff, the future of library facilities and service, and the balance between the library's two wings. Internal documents shared by insiders offer preliminary responses that staffers say leave much unanswered. "Our goal is to avoid layoffs," stated David Ferriero, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Libraries, in an internal blog entry October 9. "The reality is that as we go through this reorganization, some positions will be eliminated and new ones will be created." He said that, between now and "early in 2008," managers will be meeting with impacted staff. One goal: "promote staff initiative; level the bureaucracy."
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