[SAS] Re: SAS's Orion Starblast 4.5 (Donated to Moran Prairie) Awaiting "Case" Before Loan-Out

From: "Paul" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> (Redacted sender "pasha582" for DMARC)
To: <sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2017 21:39:31 +0000 (UTC)

It took a lot longer for us to give them the telescope that it will take for
them to get it ready to loan out.  I'm not concerned.  I'm working on
telescopes for the Cheney Public Library, Harrison Idaho Public Library, and a
couple of others.

Jenny is submitting an application for the Horkheimer Library Telescope.  If we
win I have no doubt we will quickly give that one away too.  The library
telescope program seems to be going very well--I still need to get some plates
hammered out for the last two telescopes.

Which reminds me--the Harrison Library will need to arrange to get a case too.

Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo

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On Mon, 7/3/17,  <jenny@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Subject: [SAS] Re: SAS's Orion Starblast 4.5 (Donated to Moran Prairie)
Awaiting "Case" Before Loan-Out
To: sas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, July 3, 2017, 2:04 PM

Hello David,
Six
weeks is not that long. It took Shadle library a few months
before
they first loaned out the telescope,
for example. They chose to have
each
librarian use the scope for a week or two, as well as keep
it out
of circulation until some scope use
presentations were provided by the
club.

When we gave the telescope to
Moran Prairie, we also advised that they
allow the librarians to first take home the
scope and try it out so they
could better
understand how it works and anticipate user questions.
Considering the skies didn't really clear
up until a few weeks ago, it
appears they
would be right on schedule for finishing up that part.

It's important to remember
that these telescopes do not belong to the
club once we give them to the library. We are
not "baby sitting" them,
per se,
we are just available to help if need be. The person that

volunteers for each library can handle
follow up with the librarians.
The scopes
are now in the ownership of the library, not the club, and
it
is up to them to determine how best to
use the scopes to serve their
library
users.

-Jenny

On 2017-07-03
14:38, David Luders wrote:

Be advised

that the Orion StarBlast 4.5 Astro telescope (donated to

the Moran Prairie Branch of the Spokane

County Library District) still

has not

been "loaned out" to anyone. A quick search of
their online

SCLD Catalog turned up no

telescope, so I sent them a message via

their Facebook page (see below). Although I had nothing to
do with

the telescope's

modification and donation during the May 13, 2017

event at Moran Prairie, I am heartened by

the Library Telescope

Program. In

fact, I procured another Orion Starblast 4.5 + Celestron

8-24mm Zoom Eyepiece (for another library

donation), if somebody from

SAS would

be willing to modify it in the same fashion suggested by
the

New Hampshire Astronomical Society

( http://nhastro.com/ltp.php [1] ;).

Could the "parents" of the Moran

Prairie telescope contact the library

to get it a "protective case", so that it can be
utilized by the

general public? I

have seen other libraries simply place the Orion

Starblast in a big Rubbermaid container

full of pillows....

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David Luders [2] "It's been

over 1-1/2 months since the Spokane

Astronomical Society donated a $300 Orion Starblast 4.5
telescope to

the Moran Prairie Library

for loan-out -- when will it be added to the

catalog so that folks can check it out?

There was a lot of time and

effort put

into the telescope modifications, and it's (apparently)
met

with indifference by

SCLD...."

· Reply [3] · 21 hrs [4] __ [3]

[5]

Spokane County Library District [5]

" Hello, David. The telescope was

provided without a protective case. We have reached out to
other

libraries to see what cases may

offer the protection and durability we

are looking for so that the telescope isn't damaged
during travel

while checked out. We

can promise that it isn't indifference but care

and caution that is going into the

solution for this problem. If you

would like to discuss details or offer suggestions, you are
welcome to

call us at

509-893-8200."

Links:
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[1] http://nhastro.com/ltp.php
[2] https://www.facebook.com/david.luders.7?rc=p
[3]
https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneCountyLibraryDistrict/posts/10155355478007189?comment_id=10155639460867189&reply_comment_id=10155642097057189&notif_t=feed_comment&notif_id=1499096191669676#
[4]
https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneCountyLibraryDistrict/posts/10155355478007189?comment_id=10155639460867189&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D

[5] https://www.facebook.com/SpokaneCountyLibraryDistrict/?rc=p

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