A library is a public institution and thus is not really the same as thinking it as a "non profit". It could be thought of an organisation that the public has shares in, that the public are the angel investors in. Thus, we, the people, have an investment in a library. Allowing a private corporation to run a part of our institutions effectively dilutes the investment of the angel investors.
This changes the thinking about money and sustainability from non-profit, charity through to for-profit to one of a public ownership.
The lessons that we the investors (and thus as a kind of board member) in our public institutions are making is that big public spirited helpful corporations are ultimately corporations, and will ultimately behave as such. And we should never allow our investments to be diluted in this way again.
This changes the thinking about money and sustainability from non-profit, charity through to for-profit to one of a public ownership.
The lessons that we the investors (and thus as a kind of board member) in our public institutions are making is that big public spirited helpful corporations are ultimately corporations, and will ultimately behave as such. And we should never allow our investments to be diluted in this way again.