Libraries in the News Archive
Veto threatens support for Connecticut libraries
Connecticut Gov. Jodi Rell followed through July 1 on her promise to veto the legislature’s June 26 budget for FY2009–11 that would have restored library funding to FY2008 levels. The governor’s original budget recommendation (PDF file) called for the elimination of some $5 million in state aid that libraries expected to receive, including the Department [...]
Harvard libraries cut jobs, hours
Harvard College Library has eliminated over 20 staff positions and cut hours for several other employees as part of the university-wide layoffs announced in late June. An all-staff meeting will be held later this summer to discuss plans in the wake of the recent reductions, according to Harvard College Librarian Nancy M. Cline. The library [...]
Ohio legislature moves on interim budget
The Ohio Senate passed a continuing resolution and approved an interim budget June 29 in order to work out an impasse over how to fill a $3.2-billion hole in its $54-billion budget. The interim budget would run through July 7, giving legislators another week to balance the two-year spending plan that was to start July [...]
Top readers get a library yard sign
The Calcasieu Parish (La.) Public Library wants everyone to know how much their patrons love to read. Students who complete the requirements for the library’s summer reading program will be given a yard sign that says, “A library champion lives here.” Readers who complete their reading logs will receive a certificate of completion and yard [...]
Library trucks bear literary ads
If delivery trucks driving around Johnson County, Kansas, emblazoned with ads for peculiar businesses prompt some double-takes, they’re doing their job. Kafka’s Pest Control? Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s Pharmacy? Four literary-themed trucks are part of a new PR campaign for the Johnson County Library. The newly illustrated trucks have been transporting books among the [...]