Public Libraries–United States
Time for Another Library Budget Crisis Update
Here are a few selected articles with recently published stories from around the country.
Georgia
“Libraries cinching belts during budget crunch”
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Hawaii
“Lawmakers fret over libraries”
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Montana
” Libraries across the state are taking a big hit”
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New York
“Pataki’s budget plan a threat to libraries”
“Libraries battle proposed funding cuts”
New York City
“Librarians Fight Cuts”
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North Carolina
“Budget woes may cause library cuts”
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Oregon
“Salem Public Library budget is on chopping block”
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South Carolina
“Budget cuts whittle library selections”
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Texas
Reader J.F. writes to ResourceShelf about budget cuts in Texas, “These are very dark times for the academic and public libraries in Texas. Although we haven’t heard (and won’t for some time) about what the final impact the budget cuts will be on TexShare, the news so far is very bad. Just to give you one example: the already announced cuts in support for higher education in Texas means that the budget for the databases funded by the DCCCD libraries will be cut by 80%. Translated into dollar terms, our database budget has been reduced from $91,000 to $18,000. The clock has been turned back ten years. In the fall of 2003, the DCCCD libraries will offer fewer online databases than it did in 1993.”

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