The space at the Blasco Library is giving Gannon a new profit center. For those of you who may be saying, but Gannon is a non-profit, yes, they are a 501c3. I invite you, however, to explore our Taxpayer Facts page that has links to Gannon’s Form 990, tuition, and tax-free properties in the city. In addition to the marketing advantage of having a university “on the lake,” it came to light during the depositions that Gannon has plans to offer some sessions of their summer camps in the library. That would be a further money-making opportunity, and it would limit public access to the space that Gannon has claimed would be open to the public. Below is an example of one of the current camps held on the [real] Gannon campus.
A library SHOULD be a profit center, but it should be a profit center of non-monetary return; a place where a COMMUNITY can learn and grow, regardless of the money those individuals have to spend. It’s an investment in the public at large–not private institutions.
“A library is the only single place you can go to learn something new, to be comforted, terrified, thrilled, saddened, overjoyed, or excited all in one day. And all for free.”
~Amy Neftzger
Keep Our Library Public! 