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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't side with the woke side of the argument after seeing firsthand the consequences of a homeless presence in a large urban library. They are a detriment to the rest of the library users. They are rarely ever there to, you know, read books. Most of them have some degree of mental illness.

I am not unsympathetic but they have become a nuisance and as a result I have stopped going to the library as often I did in the past. And I'm not the only one either. If I lived in an area with a local branch that didn't have this issue, it would be a different story.

Libraries need to make up their mind whether they're to be come the future daycare centers for homeless people or a genuine community asset.[/quote]

I can see how it may be possible to set it up so one of your preferred safeguards in effect.  
Libraries could, possibly, require all patrons show documentation verifying their ID and address upon entering ([i]valid driver's license, utility bill with the correct address (gas, water, cable, residential phone bill), cell phone bill, pay stub, W2 form, 1099 form, rental lease agreement/house deed, mortgage statement, bank statement, or State ID[/i]).  
But I'm stumped as to how the other safeguard you want put in place can be implemented.  
In addition to metal detectors and the ID Verification Station to deter the homeless are they supposed to set up a psychiatric checkpoint to keep out the mentally ill?
How do you propose they set it up to keep the folks you don't want out of a public library? [/quote]

Security staff that removes people who are breaking the rules.  Also banning people who are known rule-breakers.  Additional homeless day centers where people can use computers would probably be a good idea as well.  [/quote]

Also - measures that ban loitering, homeless encampments, and being drunk/high around the library might be helpful. That way the library doesn't become a place to congregate for drunk people or drug dealers.  [/quote]

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