Sentences with phrase «on library budgets»

The librarians they faced were bemused, genuinely expecting the digitised souped - up new service to be cheaper; the pressure on library budgets was always to cut them.

E-book vendors are expecting the Big Five Publishers to experiment with new fee structures and pricing that can lessen the strain on library budgets in the near future.

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On Tuesday, the City Council approved the library's proposal for a 93,000 - square - foot facility on Park District - owned land at 95th Street and Cedar Glade near Frontier Park with a budget of $ 18.6 millioOn Tuesday, the City Council approved the library's proposal for a 93,000 - square - foot facility on Park District - owned land at 95th Street and Cedar Glade near Frontier Park with a budget of $ 18.6 millioon Park District - owned land at 95th Street and Cedar Glade near Frontier Park with a budget of $ 18.6 million.

Referendum proposals seeking property tax increases to bolster sagging school, library, municipal and park district budgets will be on the Nov. 4 ballot in more than two dozen towns, villages and cities throughout Will and southern Cook Counties.

Love Your Local Library The library can be a huge help for homeschooling parents on a budget.

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.

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.

Copies of the proposed budget are available to the community at the Administrative Office of the New Rochelle Public Library and on the library's website at www.nrpl.org.

The Mattituck - Laurel Library will hold its vote Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.. On the table is a budget increase of 1.55 percent, which carries an additional tax cost of about $ 7.12 for the average household, according to the library's fall newsletter.

On April 5, 2016, the library will hold another vote on the full, year - long budget running from July 1, 2016 to June 31, 201On April 5, 2016, the library will hold another vote on the full, year - long budget running from July 1, 2016 to June 31, 201on the full, year - long budget running from July 1, 2016 to June 31, 2017.

At 10 a.m., the Subcommittee on Libraries will meet jointly with the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations for a preliminary budget hearing on lLibraries will meet jointly with the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Libraries and International Intergroup Relations for a preliminary budget hearing on lLibraries and International Intergroup Relations for a preliminary budget hearing on librarieslibraries.

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.

The chart on page 3 details the county support provided to the library from 1998 to the proposed 2008 budget.

Jack Connors, chairman, Board of Trustees, Buffalo & Erie County Public Library and Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski expressed their appreciation, stating: On behalf of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System we want to thank Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending an increase of $ 415,867 * to libraries in his 2014 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base.

Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski expressed her appreciation, stating: On behalf of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System we want to thank Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz for recommending a county funding increase of $ 451,766 (2.0 %) to libraries in his 2015 proposed budget through funds generated by growth in the equalized full value property tax base so there is no increase in the property tax rate.

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.

With the deadline for the state budget four weeks away, a push is on to block a proposed cut in state aid to libraries.

Quinn, who is widely credited as the architect of a deal that helped save teaching jobs and keep fire companies and libraries open during the latest round of city budget negotiations, will be spending Wednesday on a victory lap celebrating the saved services.

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

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Before voting on a final 2015 budget, Onondaga County legislators added thousands of dollars for library computers, the St. Patrick's Day parade, mosquito spraying and other pet projects to be named later.

The vote comes after a brutal budget season last fall where some residents were highly critical of the board on the tax increase, and after residents recently circulated petitions to force a vote on borrowing for the library / community center.

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.

Voting on the Montauk Library's budget proposal of a little more than $ 900,000 will take place at the library on Wednesday from noon to 7 p.m..

Amanda also served as the Director for Participatory Budgeting for Council District 30, where she spearheaded the allocation of over one million dollars in capital funds, as voted on by thousands of local residents, to improve public schools, libraries, and parks in the district.

After a slew of budget hearings focused on smaller allocations for libraries, the budget deal tonight includes an extra $ 39 million for libraries — which will mean universal six - day library service and extended hours at some branches.

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.

Again this year, the annual public hearing on the proposed Erie County budget was dominated by cultural agencies and the library system.

Construction on the new library at Center Boulevard and 48th Avenue started in May, after the project was delayed in 2014 when its first round of construction bids came in over budget.

The proposed budget cut will affect 10 regional libraries and the headquarters library, which operate on a budget of $ 3.5 million, EPA says.

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.

A home library is a powerful motivator for kids, and here you'll find fun tips for putting one together on any budget.

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.

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.

The UPCC value - based collection list price will be based on an average price per title and will be determined by market - driven factors such as collection size and library budgets.

The lower tax bracket on physical titles might be one of the deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing book acquisition budgets, their dollar simply stretches further with print.

So if we all agree that libraries are important centers of learning and provide services that individuals can not get elsewhere, even if we ourselves do not make as much effort to visit a library on a regular basis, why is there such a budget problem for libraries?

Additionally, libraries are able to provide a monthly cap on their pay - per - use title stock to ensure that their collection budget is suitably managed.

And the latter are on the lookout for other types of customers because, among other reasons, such libraries» budgets keep shrinking.

Now, libraries are faced with an entirely new dilemma: how much of the budget should be spent on print titles and how much should be spent on ebooks?

And with library budgets being slashed to embarrassingly low amounts and shelf space shrinking for already cash - strapped libraries, the chances of them taking a risk on an unheard of author were not very high.

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.

«Libraries set a budget in advance, based on what they can afford or think their communities will need.

The lower tax bracket on physical titles might be one of the deciding factors when libraries, schools and academia are establishing book acquisition budgets, it simply goes further with print.

«What is the budget of your local library on indie titles» is an indirect way of asking: «do you think the librarians discriminate indie books because they think they haven't be vetted?»

I would recommend that the libraries share in full transparency the percentage of budget spent on indie titles.

«What is the budget of your local library on indie titles» is an indirect way of asking: «what is the budget for your local library on plutonium?