Toledo-Lucas County Public Library Loses $1.4 in State Funding

Main Library facility

Cuts approved by the Library Board on Thursday, July 23, include the following:

• Eliminate Sunday hours, except for the Sanger Branch Library, which will maintain Sunday hours year-long.
• Reduction in the budget spent on books, DVDs, videos, CDs, and other items.
• Eliminate page hours (Library pages perform manual duties such as sorting and shelving materials).
• Reduction to the system's information technology budget.
• Reduction in new furniture and equipment purchases.
• No pay increases for exempt staff.

Source: Toledo Blade.