Sentences with phrase «library budgets have»

Ebooks may not take up any room, and genre fiction can be less expensive than hardcover books, but library budgets have shrunk.

The $ 20 million cut to the city's library budget would reduce average weekly hours from 46.6 to 42.

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.

In the District, where the library budget has been slashed so much in recent years that the system considered closing its main branch on Sundays, e-book checkouts grew 116 percent from 2010 to 2011.

In a community legal clinic where the library budget has been frozen for years it is very difficult to avoid cancelling subscriptions to loose leaf services.

Not exact matches

In order to collect more money and help ease strained local budgets, some libraries have been sending unpaid fines to collection agencies.

I love cookbooks and could have a giant library if space and budget allowed.

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.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) recently traveled to Plattsburgh to oppose President Donald Trump's proposed budget, which would eliminate funding from four agencies that fund art organizations, museums, libraries and public broadcasting affiliates.

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.

Van Bramer, who chairs the Council's cultural affairs committee, where the debate over library funding has largely been heard, reminded of the Council's budget priorities as final negotiations take place between the 51 - member legislative body and the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The de Blasio administration has also committed to a $ 300 million ten - year capital budget for libraries, an act representatives call «unprecedented.»

After de Blasio released his executive budget on May 7, council members have continued to push for an increase in funds for libraries, parks, NYPD headcount, senior citizen services, women's health services, city - funded school lunches for all students, and more.

I am looking forward to reviewing the results so we have a clear understanding of how the library has been spending its budget and what improvements can be made.

In 2004, County contributions comprised more than 85 % of the Library's operating and materials budgets with the balance made up of State operating aid, which has remained relatively stagnant, as well as library fines, fees and related income.

However, at the time the Library Board adopted its 2011 budget, the County was considering a proposal supported by the County Executive to provide $ 3 million in one - time funding to allow the library, in 2011, to retain most of the open hours that would have otherwise been eliminated, preserving an estimated 65 - 70 FTE positions.

The report found overall operations are being managed effectively, but over the past three years, officials have not developed balanced budgets, and as a result, the library has experienced operating deficits.

By Paul Snyder A Madison alderman's proposal to change wording in the city budget would officially kill any chance for construction of a new central library this year.

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;

Kellner — who has been stripped of his position as chairman of the Libraries Committee, banned from from working with interns, and docked of his staff budget as a result of the ethics committee findings — sent a formal notice of appeal to the committee requesting a public hearing on the matter.

«Further County budget cuts would force multiple library closings.

The first phase is budgeted at $ 35 million, and the library has the money, with $ 10 million from the de Blasio administration, $ 2 million from the Brooklyn borough president's office and separate City Council appropriations and donations.

County Budget Office and Legislature staff have indicated that the amended budget contains a property tax for library purposes equal to the Executive's «Green Budget.&Budget Office and Legislature staff have indicated that the amended budget contains a property tax for library purposes equal to the Executive's «Green Budget.&budget contains a property tax for library purposes equal to the Executive's «Green Budget.&Budget.»

A 2006 budget of $ 21.7 million can not restore or maintain every library in Erie County, but with economies and strategies the number of potential closings has been confined to 16.

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.

On December 8th, the Erie County Legislature adopted a heavily amended version of County Executive Joel Giambra's «Red Budget,» which reduced Library funding by 80 % and would have necessitated the closing of all library doors after January 1st.

The $ 68.5 billion budget keeps fire companies and libraries open, without raising taxes, and increases the number of daycare and after - school spaces offered by the city, which had been on the chopping block under Mayor Michael Bloomberg's original plan.

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.

He and many of his colleagues want the city to increase funding for nonprofit cultural institutions by $ 40 million - it has remained flat for the last three budgets - and to baseline $ 43 million for six - day service at city libraries.

The current Town Board has faced vocal opposition on some items, including this year's budget and the new library / community center.

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 lBudget would cut state library funding to $ 84.5 million, a reduction of approximately $ 2.5 million over 2009 - 10 budget lbudget levels.

Senator Suzi Oppenheimer (D - Mamaroneck) today joined with representatives of the Westchester Library System (WLS) and local library directors to call for the restoration of library funding in the NYS FY 2010 - 11 budget.

The controversial sale has enraged several residents and library advocates who claim the library lied about an unused $ 100 million from previous city budgets to move along the deal.

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.»

Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito shook hands tonight on a $ 78.5 billion city budget deal that includes the overwhelming majority of the priorities the Council had pushed — including 1,300 new police officers, money to keep libraries open 6 days a week, and increased funding for senior citizens and veterans.

«Coming from a school is a particularly good thing, or even a library board, if it's one that has its own budget, because, in addition to the communication and civic involvement and showing up and listening to people and so on and so forth, you also have a pretty abrupt education on what budget is like.

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.

That decision was a response to the state's dismal financial situation: A projected $ 40 billion budget deficit and sinking credit rating have scuttled the state's ability to sell bonds to raise capital for projects that include freeway repairs and library construction.

You'd think it would've been easier on the budget if Stone had just paid for Oldman's cab fare to the library, but, then, the library wouldn't have provided Oldman with a tenth of the information about the man he was portraying that he ended up getting from his meeting with Oswald's widow, Marina.

Perhaps this is because there is no way that a government school would have a $ 8 - 10mill budget to build a library.

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.

As school budgets have shrunk, local school administrators have often chosen to fund other programs rather than libraries.

It notes that although the average school library budget increased by $ 1,000, the increase only returned libraries to the buying power they had four years before, when the average book cost 9 percent less.

This service has been especially invaluable since the school's library aide position was cut from the budget, Weiss says.

Those teachers may be also interested in having more aide support, smaller classes, a new HVAC system, a large classroom budget, a hands - on science lab, more counselors, or an inviting and wonderful library.

Even more dire: Most district schools have only a minimal budget to spend on bridging this gap — if they have any additional library funds at all.