The Torontoist has more great commentary on what’s wrong with the sponsorship deal that set up the MAPs program at the Toronto Public Library.
Jonathan Goldsbie notes this quote from library board member Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler who voted against the deal.
“Corporate sponsorship might be nice in theory to some people, but in practice it’s anything but nice,” commented Library Board member Adam Chaleff-Freudenthaler— who voted against the deal—on our post about the renaming of the Hummingbird Centre. “When an issue arises where it’s public interest versus private (sponsor) interest, it isn’t the public interest that takes priority.”
Thanks to Jonathan for the great piece as it also points out that some rad library initiatives have come out of TPL that didn’t rely on corporate funds, like Lisa Heggum’s local music collection and concert promotion.
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