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After the top two candidates for the job as Minneapolis Public Library director withdrew from the search, citing the $120,000 salary limit (see News, LJ 11/15/02, p. 18ff.), the library [...]

Not enough money to waste Tim Coates' claim that public libraries waste "up to [pound]200m a year" needs to be substantiated before it can be taken seriously (Letters, 8th November). […]

To cope with a 24 percent cut in state aid over two fiscal years, some libraries in Massachusetts may charge fees. According to a survey by the Boston Globe, the [...]

According to the 21st Century Library Needs Assessment, a report released by the UTAH STATE LIBRARY DIVISION, demand for library service in Utah is rising. Cost estimates for renovating current [...]

Budget cuts are forcing libraries to come up with creative ways to save money. Due to a $1.8 million cut, the Seattle (WA) Public Library is closing for two weeks [...]

After a delay of more than two years, a $70-million public-private project that will house a branch of the Kansas City (Mo.) Public Library is scheduled to begin construction this […]

State-funded support and cooperative programming were scrapped July 1 when Colorado libraries lost $4.6 million in library aid that Gov. Bill Owens eliminated by line-item veto. The cuts were part […]

Gov. Gary Locke must not be a fan of libraries. Just when it seemed like Washington State Library's woes had subsided, the governor has lobbed another huge blow. The library […]

Los Angeles County librarians can breathe a sigh of relief following a unanimous vote by the county Board of Supervisors on June 26 to restore $7.2 million in cuts to […]

Thanks to lobbying by advocates and support from the New York City Council, the council and Mayor Mike Bloomberg agreed to reduce funding for the three city library systems by [...]

At a June 10 meeting, the Arkansas Board of Education reduced state aid to public libraries to $500,000 a year, a level little more than ten percent of state funding [...]

Up to 18 cities in Contra Costa County, CA, can extend library hours, thanks to $1.1 million in matching funds from the county. For the first time in the Contra [...]

The Spokane Public Library has responded to a citywide mandate to cut budgets by 5.7 percent by eliminating or not filling 13 positions, shortening branch hours, and cutting back its [...]

Staff in public libraries have welcomed the debate on the state and future of their service following the publication of a heavily critical report from the Audit Commission. The Chartered [...]

The Public Library of Des Moines Foundation is the subject of a nice feature in the May 1 issue of Library Journal. The story deals with the trend of hiring [...]

Fundraising is dangerous! An ancient and honorable way to add to the resources of a public library, private fundraising must be handled with great care or it can have exactly [...]

Novello Festival Press, a library-funded publishing group, has released 5 books since its first publishing season. The Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County uses its fines and fees to fund the publishing house.

Last year, the Public Library of Des Moines Foundation began researching Web site options. It was a long process. Because there are relatively few Des Moines charities taking donations online, [...]

The USS Liberty Memorial Public Library in Grafton, WI is looking for funds for new books and other small projects. Small donations are sought to help in these endeavors. Checks [...]

Among the agencies that received the biggest cuts in New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's February 13 budget proposal for FY 2003 were the city's libraries, which would see their [...]

The Hawaii Senate Ways and Means Committee approved $1 million in emergency funds February 22 for books and furnishings for a new branch library in Kapolei, now in the final [...]

In a move expected to save $850,000, mostly in labor costs, the Seattle Public Library board February 25 approved a two-week shutdown from August 26 through September 1, and December [...]

Wisconsin libraries are preparing for massive cutbacks in anticipation of Gay. Scott McCallum's plan to close a $1.1-billion budget deficit by reducing state aid to municipalities. His proposal, announced in [...]

As expected, New York City libraries are faced with 15 percent budget cuts--a total of $39 million--in the budget presented February 13 by new mayor Mike Bloomberg. Cultural institutions also [...]

The Dover Public Library, DE, has received a $100,000 bequest, but the library isn't sure who to thank, Director Sheila Anderson told LJ. The man who bequeathed the money died [...]

In anticipation of a $5-million budget shortfall (AL, Jan., p. 28), Multnomah County (Ore.) Library Director Ginnie Cooper has proposed closing all library branches on Mondays beginning February 1, laying [...]

On December 19, the New York City Council approved Mayor Giuliani's modified plan (AL, Jan., p. 28-30) to trim the city budget by $766 million, restoring $10 million to the [...]

Spending on books by public libraries is continuing to shrink despite a small increase in overall expenditure, according to the latest findings from the Library & Information Statistics Unit (LISU). [...]

The E-rate program is underfunded and should remain under the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) says a new study released in November by the Benton Foundation. The E-rate [...]

The Friends of the St. Paul (Minn.) Public Library recently completed a successful capital campaign to renovate the central library, raising nearly $6 million in private funds toward a total [...]

Indianapolis Marion County Public Library Foundation, which received $1.5 million for the Indianapolis Special Collections Room, which will house and display the library's collection of archival materials related to the [...]

The Ann Arbor District Library, MI, which was nearly $1 million in debt two years ago and required a new millage to recover, has a budget surplus of $3.3 million, [...]

The New York Public Library (NYPL) has announced that the library has received $6.5 million in discounts on $8.3 million in telecommunications, Internet, and equipment expenses through the federal education […]

As libraries expand their role in the literacy movement from tutor-student meeting places to program originators (see special section beginning on p. 36), it's no wonder that grantmakers such as [...]

Salt Lake City voters won't decide until Nov. 3 whether a new downtown library, city offices, and parking lot are worth $84 million of general obligation bonds. Although library officials [...]

Los Angeles voters may face only one bond referendum on their November ballot - a relatively small authorization of $178.3 million of general obligation bonds to expand libraries - rather [...]

Budget battles are nothing new to libraries, but the one just endured by the El Dorado County Library's South Lake Tahoe (Calif.) Library branch left it teetering on the edge [...]

Public support in Seattle for a property-tax increase and $195.5 million general obligation bond to double library capacity suggests victory for the measure when it comes to a citywide vote [...]

RESPONDING TO THE public's demand for more library books, the New York City Council and the Vincent Astor Foundation announced a joint effort that will provide more than $10 million [...]