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The Friends of the Suntree-Viera Library welcome you!

SPRING BOOK SALE

April 25: Wed. from 3-6 pm
(Friends' Members Only)

April 26: Thur. from 10-5 pm (Open to the public)
April 27: Fri. from 9-4 pm (Open to the public)
April 28: Sat. from 9-4 pm (Open to the public/Special Bag-of-Books Sale)

You receive the first choices for the best-of-the-best titles on Wednesday as a special membership benefit. (Membership is also available at the door.)
The bargain prices are incredible! Yes, there are thousands of titles available.
Purchase books for yourself, your friends, your family, your neighbors, your schools and your organizations. Buy books as inexpensive gifts for later in the year or as occasions arise!

This issue of your newsletter, the Liaison, has some very unique articles that cover everything from a library project by an Eagle Scout to how much money your private information is sold for.

Spring Liaison 2012

Please pass this email along to your friends and share what the Suntree/Viera Library means to you.
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Preview:

Privatization is not private - for you
"Privatization" is not the same as a "private" corporation or business. People are often confused by the similarity of these words.
A private corporation uses its private financial sources to profit itself.
Privatization is when a private corporation is paid your taxes to take over a public service while it is also allowed to make as much money as it can from public services by creating fees, charges and any other methods it chooses. It keeps the taxes and all other profits to itself. Win-win for its own corporate wealth.
Below is just one small example of how a private company can sell information about you that public service employees must, by law, protect. This is true for prisons, police departments, schools, libraries, animal services, etc.

"Personal information: How much profit per-sale can be made?
And your personal information is pretty cheap as the following examples illustrate: address - $0.50; phone number - $0.25; unpublished phone number - $17.50; cell phone number - $10; Social Security number - $8; drivers license - $3; marriage/divorce - $7.95; education background - $12; employment history - $13; credit history - $9; bankruptcy information - $26.50; shareholder information - $1.50; lawsuit history – $2.95; felony record - $16; sex offender status - $13; and voter registration - $0.25.
The leading data brokers are Acxiom, ChoicePoint, Intelius, Lexis Nexis and US Search Profile. They acquire, slice and dice your personal information as if they were running sausage factories – and your personal life is the unlucky pig."
[Source: www.turbulence.org]

Please note that there are about a half million people in Brevard County, and each individual can have their information sold to multiple sources annually. (You cannot do the math, but the private corporation will know the profit.) Actually, there is no way to know if, when or how your personal information would be sold. The corporation is private, and laws protect its corporate privacy.

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Welcome to the Suntree-Viera Friends of the Library site which brings you information about how you can help support your great library and communities!
Please become a member of Friends.
YOUR donations paid 100% for the Kids' Summer Reading Program and more.
The books you donate at the front desk and membership donations are the financial basis for book sales and library support. Thanks!
(See "up-to-date-news & links" for important news and the 2012 LIAISON SPRING NEWSLETTER) 
    Friends of the Suntree-Viera Library
    902 Jordan Blass Drive
    Melbourne, FL 32940
    ( 321) 255-4404

Library Hours:
Sunday: Closed
Monday and Tuesday: 9:00 - 8:00
Wednesday and Thursday: 10:00 - 6:00
Friday and Saturday: 9:00 - 5:00 

E-BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE - FREE.
Visit  www.MyLibraryWorld.com
Or you may visit the full card catalog for Brevard at  http://discover.mylibraryworld.com/

What do the Friends do?
The Friends is a not-for-profit organization that lends support to the Suntree-Viera Library by financing projects not funded by Brevard County such as: Stellar Sellers, large print books, the summer reading program for kids, CDs, DVDs, landscaping, window washing, children's and teens' programs, window blinds, computers, support for volunteers, additional shelving and tables for books and computers, art exhibits, book sales, wall painting and other projects as needed.
Why belong to the Friends?
Membership means to donate via a membership form to assure that all of the money goes directly to only the Suntree/Viera Library; nothing else is required or asked of you. The revenue from membership and the contribution of used books are the chief sources of the funds that support these essential projects. At book sales members may buy books the night before the sale is open to the public. Friends also receive the quarterly Liaison newsletter by mail or e-mail. If you choose, you may also volunteer to help with book sales, be on committees or even serve as a member of the board of directors as an officer.
How may I join?
Pay dues on an annual basis in one of seven categories. Membership is renewed each year. Details for membership - and more information - can be found on this "membership info" page.
Everyone is asked to please contribute their used books at the circulation desk. Please ask your friends and neighbors to donate their books to resell at the semi-annual book sales. Thank you.
Welcome!



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