posted by Joe Polk at 12:48 AM /
Dramatic funding cuts in the 2009-2010 Pennsylvania Library Access Appropriation has local libraries making adjustments to provide services to their patrons.
Mt. Lebanon plans to close Sundays next year while Peters Township will be closed on Sundays next summer. Both libraries, along with Upper St. Clair, plan to increase fees.
When the Pennsylvania General Appropriations Act of 2009 was signed into law this past October, it included $3 million in funding for Library Access Appropriation, down 72 percent from last year's $10,542,000. Funding for POWER Library was cut 58 percent, the Electronic Library Catalog (including Access PA) was cut 53 percent, and the Statewide Library Card was cut 100 percent.
When Cynthia K. Richey, director of Mt. Lebanon Public Library was asked about the budget cuts, her reply was simple: "It's awful. The loss of funding for public libraries is catastrophic."
Read more: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/12-23-2009-South-Hills-library-cuts
Mt. Lebanon plans to close Sundays next year while Peters Township will be closed on Sundays next summer. Both libraries, along with Upper St. Clair, plan to increase fees.
When the Pennsylvania General Appropriations Act of 2009 was signed into law this past October, it included $3 million in funding for Library Access Appropriation, down 72 percent from last year's $10,542,000. Funding for POWER Library was cut 58 percent, the Electronic Library Catalog (including Access PA) was cut 53 percent, and the Statewide Library Card was cut 100 percent.
When Cynthia K. Richey, director of Mt. Lebanon Public Library was asked about the budget cuts, her reply was simple: "It's awful. The loss of funding for public libraries is catastrophic."
Read more: www.thealmanac.net/ALM/Story/12-23-2009-South-Hills-library-cuts
2 Comments:
I wonder if it would be more cost effective to close on a different day, say Monday, than Sunday considering the Library is open for more hours on Monday than on Sunday.
I would like to know how much $ they would need to remain open on Sundays, so that we brainstorm, and come up with ideas as to how the community can raise the funds.
B. Coyne
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