These days many legislators are discussing cutting budgets, and one of the first things to go is often public library funding. Both PA and Ohio are facing this problem. MSNBC did a great segment on how libraries are even more important in an economic crisis.
How many more reasons do they need to convince them to maintain or even increase library budgets?
Showing posts with label library closures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label library closures. Show all posts
Monday, June 22, 2009
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
The Closing of a College
Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, will close in July 2008 with the intent of reopening in 2012. Antioch is one of my institution's fellow OPAL (Ohio Private Academic Libraries) members. They had already cut library staff (and other staff on campus) but now it seems all library staff and others will be without jobs in a year. Here's hoping they all find employment elsewhere before the year is out.
Read more about it in the Columbus Dispatch and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Read more about it in the Columbus Dispatch and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Closing Oregon Libraries
According to this article from SFGate.com, Oregon's Jackson County Public Libraries are going to have to close due to a $7 million cut in federal funding.
The imminent closure or threatened reduction in services and hours has happened in other libraries lately, but they are always saved in the nick of time. Here's hoping that these libraries won't have to close their doors either!
The imminent closure or threatened reduction in services and hours has happened in other libraries lately, but they are always saved in the nick of time. Here's hoping that these libraries won't have to close their doors either!
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