Sentences with phrase «public library budgets»

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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.

«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.

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.

This June, officials added $ 43 million in funding for New York City's three public library systems to the fiscal year 2016 budget, allowing for expansion of branch operating hours and a return to six - day service for the first time in nearly a decade.

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;

Libraries will benefit significantly from this year's state budget, which includes the biggest year - to - year increase in aid for the public institutions in seven years.

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.

In adopting the 2007 budget, Erie County and its public library system turned a corner.

To address the situation proactively, this budget request contains groupings of service restoration proposals, starting with high impact restorations to allow current library locations to provide more effective public access and service and progressing through a series of service restorations that will pilot and ultimately expand alternate service provision models.

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.

In addition to approving a new school budget, Albany voters saw fit to green - light the public library's 2018 budget, approving it by a vote of 2,165 to 691.

The plan includes significant budget cuts to the public services and facilities, such as police, fire, libraries and parks.

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.

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.

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

Once the budget book is finalized and approved by the Board, copies are distributed to public libraries and schools.

In early 2011, a highly publicized proposal to replace a budget - strapped branch of a public library in Newport Beach, Calif., was dismissed following public outcry.

A must for public and academic libraries where there is a special interest in fashion; recommended for all libraries where the budget allows.

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.

It seems safe to assume that by the end of 2012, public libraries may be directing as much as 20 % of their collection budgets to digital content.

eBook adoption in school libraries stands to result in a significant savings for both public and private centers» budgets, given the typically lower cost of titles and the elimination of damaged copies.

Unlike a lot of the market, budgets and traffic at public libraries are increasing.

While the discussions included talks about communities supporting their libraries both in terms of manpower and funding, there was no precise data on how much of any given library's staffing or budget should come from willing volunteers; the Society of Chief Librarians revealed data that showed 425 libraries were currently «community supported» or are planning to become supported by their local patrons, a 150 % increase over the current number of public libraries involved in volunteer support.

Of course, Brantley did clarify that statement by saying that we must first take away the death - blows to budgets as a consideration before we can say that things are going well in the public library sphere.

Most public libraries have limited budgets, so librarians rely on reputable, curated lists when adding titles to their collections — which gives an advantage to traditionally published books.

Furthermore, if the reductions are not budget based, then why put the burden on an already stretched out public library system?

We need your help TODAY to tell key members of the House and Senate that funding for IMLS - the Institute of Museum and Library Services (for public and state libraries) and for IAL - the Innovative Approaches to Literacy program (for school libraries) is preserved in the 2019 federal budget.

Bookstores are desperately struggling to survive, often losing to competition with the online booksellers; newspapers and magazines are cutting budgets for paid review coverage; and public libraries are losing funding.

One of the services of Library Journal is an annual «Materials Survey» that sorts out US public libraries» budgets and collection breakdowns.

To add fuel to the proverbial fire, public libraries are facing the perfect storm of record - breaking usage, heart - rending budget cuts, and an ear - splitting clamor for the digital services that OverDrive represents, with no human, technical or monetary support in sight.

As a retired library media specialist, who lost her first job due to budget cuts and almost lost her next job, I am acutely aware of the fragility of our situation in public schools.

In «Integrating and Balancing E & P: Big Picture Issues Made Real,» moderator Michael Santangelo, Electronic Resources Analyst in the Collection Development Department at the Brooklyn Public Library led panelists through a discussion covering several challenges that libraries face as demand for ebooks continues growing, even as collection budgets get cut or remain flat.

Some public libraries partner with local banks and other financial institutions to address topics from budgeting, saving and banking basics to credit cards, identity theft and financial aid for college.

«There is a sense that a brief plateau has been reached as they await more comprehensive device adoption; school librarians are not seeing the overwhelming demand from students that public libraries have been seeing, nor do they have the budget to invest as heavily as they might like in new technologies,» the report explains.

But the bottom line is that public libraries are adapting to patrons» needs, which is a great thing, especially in these lean budget years.

The underlying issue is how public libraries, particularly those facing budget cuts, are supposed to create this partnership in their collections?

Following 2008, a lot of public and academic library saw budget cuts, further exacerbating the decline of ebook purchases.

Full versions of this report are available for purchase, focused on public, academic, or school libraries and complete with detailed data broken down by size of library and budget, comparison of 2011 and 2010 data, and hundreds of comments from librarians about their experiences with ebooks:

While the growing popularity of e-books is definitely good for business, it's certainly having its impact on our budgets, especially in the current climate of fiscal constraint that so many public libraries are struggling with.

Hundreds of Wisconsin school and public libraries narrowly avoided paying more for Internet service when state lawmakers reached a budget agreement last week to save WiscNet, a nonprofit cooperative that provides low - cost broadband service.

Your public library, bookstores, and online resources have information about budgeting and money management techniques.

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Subscription costs have reached such levels that they consume the majority of the acquisitions budgets in our libraries, to the detriment of other materials and services, and in academic libraries contributing significantly to the levels of tuition and public support that pay for them.

First, there are compelling arguments not only for admitting but also for excluding the public; second, academic libraries admit or exclude the public based on their individual circumstances, such as budget, staffing level, and location, that is, whether the sheer number of people in the community using the academic library threatens to overwhelm the primary patrons the library has been created to serve.

The following reasons / trends are given as to why the EPA is changing the delivery of its library services to the public: - more and more materials are available online and electronically - tighter security at Federal facilities - physical visits by the public to the EPA Headquarters Library are declining - reductions in the Library's FY07 budget

Responsible for developing long - term plan for library like programs and services, budgeting, staffing and public relations

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