The San Francisco Library gets Social Worker

Terms

ALA
The American Library Association. It combines different aspects of the library’s resources.
http://www.ala.org/ala/educationcareers/education/3rdcongressonpro/roledefinition.cfm

Social Worker
Is some one who gives professional economic and spiritual help to those in the lowest echelons of society.
http://www.babylon.com/define/35/Economics-Dictionary.html

Department of Public Health
Is a department that is concerned for the health as a community.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5120


The San Francisco Library hired a Social Worker for the many homeless people that spend all of their day in the library. This library is the first to go as are to help the homeless people that seemed to becoming more everyday. Many that come hae a mental illness or are on drugs. The homeless people come to use the bathroom to wash themselves and sometimes use the toilet as a place to do drugs. It has become a problem and having a social work there to alleviate the problem. Since the economy has took a downfall social programs have been cut back so some homeless people don't have anywhere to go. Some libraries have hired homeless people to clean but they can not shave or get into fights otherwise they will have to leave for a certain amount of time. It is one day for shaving at the library and three years for fighting.

I think that it is a good idea to hire social workers at public libraries. Everyone is effected by the downfall of the economy even in ways that they don't realize. Most of the time people don't wonder why something has happened they just focus on what’s happening and sometimes that is okay but we need to have a balance so we can figure out how to fix the problem not just short term but long term.