In the US, a Harris / Readers Digest poll proved that 40 % of US mayors planned to
cut library budgets and make up the difference by reducing the operating hours, shedding some staff members, and further slashing operating expenses.
Not exact matches
Many of the
budget savings will come in the form of
cuts to back office functions like finance, human resources and informational technology, but
cuts of over ten per cent have also been reported for front - line services like
libraries and leisure centres.
This ideologically - driven experiment is hard to justify at a time of school
budget cuts in addition to the loss of vital local authority services for SEN pupils, the squeeze on
libraries and Sure Start amongst others.
Furthermore, with
budget cuts hitting the prison system, there are frequently not enough prison officers to take prisoners to the
library, leaving many inmates having to wait days before they can make a visit.
«One of the reasons we're in the dire circumstances we are now at the Brooklyn Public Library is because Mayor Bloomberg
cut the
budget for the
libraries dramatically.
Last week the City Council approved Mayor Bloomberg's $ 63 billion «austerity»
budget,
cutting funds for schools,
libraries and social programs.
RFID provides the opportunity to use technology to improve public service and assist staff, whose numbers have been reduced by previous years»
budget cuts, in meeting the demand from heavy patron usage of
library services;
«If the Government is truly serious about a high quality education for all, they need to stop
cutting school and local authority
budgets, ensure our class sizes are reduced and stop selling off school sports fields and
libraries.
New York's City Council, which must approve the
budget, should consider relieving
cuts to senior centers, schools and
libraries in areas like Queens where these media centers are vital to people of so many nationalities.
Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski added,» Library users understand the sad reality of
budget cuts - closed
libraries, reduced open hours, materials and services.
«Further County
budget cuts would force multiple
library closings.
In the case of the Town of Tonawanda
Libraries, that Board chose to address the reduced funding by preserving as many full - time personnel, which meant fewer staff hours were available than would have been the case if the
budget cuts had been split between full and part - time staff.
With the deadline for the state
budget four weeks away, a push is on to block a proposed
cut in state aid to
libraries.
A Forest Hills congressman took the Republican Party to task Tuesday for the millions of dollars in proposed
budget cuts that would harm the working - class and senior citizens of Queens and the borough president bemoaned belt - tightening at the city level after $ 5 million of funding for the long - awaited Queens West
library branch become embroiled in -LSB-...]
Galante said the
library had done well with raising money through its Buy - A-Book Drive, but Peralta's grant was the largest and a boon at a time when the
library has had to
cut 70 percent of its book
budget.
Faced with a $ 2 billion
budget that falls short by at least $ 101 million, the district must
cut spending on each school by 6 percent, leaving district leaders to strip some or all art, music, physical education and
library programs from three out of four schools next fall.
The plan includes significant
budget cuts to the public services and facilities, such as police, fire,
libraries and parks.
The Governor's proposed Executive
Budget would cut state library funding to $ 84.5 million, a reduction of approximately $ 2.5 million over 2009 - 10 budget l
Budget would
cut state
library funding to $ 84.5 million, a reduction of approximately $ 2.5 million over 2009 - 10
budget l
budget levels.
Tell them you want NO
CUTS TO THE
LIBRARY BUDGET!
The $ 20 million
cut to the city's
library budget would reduce average weekly hours from 46.6 to 42.
And he said he feared that the loss of $ 1 billion in the
budget would cause
cuts to child care,
libraries and other services.
Despite the fact that earlier this month Council members were griping over potential
cuts to senior services and
libraries, and the mayor was still saying he thought the NYPD needed no increase in officers, both sides of today's handshake insisted the process had not been reminiscent of the derided «
budget dance.»
The hearing marked a major departure from the
budget process under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg, when Council members fought
cuts Bloomberg repeatedly proposed to fire houses,
libraries, and after school programs.
Senator Michael Ranzenhofer said, «The final plan secures our fair share of state funding for our school districts in Western New York, and restores funding — initially
cut under the Executive
Budget proposal — to our local public
libraries.
While
libraries had been warning of devastation, the final
budget restores $ 36.7 million of the $ 40 million proposed
cut, which will allow all Manhattan branches to remain open, though hours will likely be
cut, a
library spokeswoman said.
The proposed
budget cut will affect 10 regional
libraries and the headquarters
library, which operate on a
budget of $ 3.5 million, EPA says.
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Libraries Improve Student Achievement Last month, site - based management teams at 11 elementary schools in Kalamazoo, Michigan, chose to
cut their
budgets for the 2000 - 2001 school year by eliminating the position of school librarian.
However, they are becoming increasingly underused and underappreciated in education, with a survey by the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) revealing that over a fifth of school staff said their school
library budget has been
cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.
An ATL survey found that more than one in five school staff claimed their school
library budget had been
cut by at least 40 per cent since 2010.
City officials last week said they would use the money to help close a $ 29 - million deficit in the city's $ 370 million
budget projected for 1992 and to avoid
cutting back as severely on police, parks, and
libraries.
Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL), has warned
cuts to school
library budgets risk the literacy of children.
This service has been especially invaluable since the school's
library aide position was
cut from the
budget, Weiss says.
They were frustrated by more immediate issues: controversial interventions at a handful of schools within Zimmer's Westside district,
budget cuts affecting things like school
libraries, and the looming possibility of school closures.
These
cuts are primarily driven by three factors: overstaffing in the previous school year; nine schools getting less federal funding for after - school programs; and the District moving the management of Measure G
library funds from school
budgets to the central office
budget.
«This investment will save jobs and help prevent districts from shortening the school year, increasing class sizes, and closing
libraries in the wake of horrific and damaging
budget cuts,» said Rep. George Miller (D) of California, chair of the House committee that oversees education, in a statement today.
Budget cuts have reduced librarian hours, and
library usage has declined proportionally.
Sadly, there are still many schools lacking a full - time certified librarian, a loss often resulting from
budget cuts or a lack of vision, despite many studies correlating an increase in reading and test scores with a thriving
library program.
The NAHT's move comes as analysis by the Commons
library finds that schools will need to find # 7.5 bn of savings during this parliament, as
budgets face the first real - terms
cut since the mid 1990s.
«We understand that many
libraries are facing
budget cuts today, so by starting with a vast, continually growing collection like Government Complete and then supplementing with patron driven acquisition and perpetual archive — including expertly selected packs in critical areas — we help
libraries affordably serve their patrons» needs in the most optimal way.»
Also, given that maintaining digital copies is far more cost effective than their printed counterparts,
libraries around the world have taken to digitizing their physical collections in the wake of
budget cuts.
With
libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK
library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed
budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public
libraries.
Our children's education and readiness for the workforce are in peril as school
library budgets and school librarians are
cut.
As if those
budgets weren't already spare enough,
libraries are constantly under threat of further
cuts, manpower and salary reductions, and outright closure.
With independent bookstores closing at an alarming rate and even
libraries facing door - shuttering
budget cuts, authors have lost a lot of the champions who once sold books by hand, who knew the titles on their store shelves and recommended them to their customers.
The solution to
library budget problems is not a different material type but getting the 91 % of the community that supports
libraries to put pressure on their governments to stop the
cuts.
To me your headline for this story implies e-book is the answer to
libraries budget cuts.
Books displayed at US Shows are donated to a company in Florida, Mumford Library Books, which sells the books to librarians in the area at steep discounts (due to the state's steepest
budget cuts for
libraries).
Over the past few years,
budget cuts trimmed staff and now the 10
library media specialists in the district's 15 schools have become merely «prep - time providers,» according to Sandra George, media specialist at Riverside Central Elementary School in Rochester.
Considering how much
libraries have
cut the
budget for purchasing hard copy books to shift funds to ebooks, this is no surprise.
Budgets are being
cut, and
libraries have to be frugal.