Library Trustees with Deep Pockets

Link to WBUR Boston website, "BPL President: In Downturns, The Library Is A ‘Soft Place’".

Excerpt: The Boston Public Library got some good news last week. It will not have to close the main Copley Square branch on five Sundays, a move that was planned in an effort to save money.

Two library trustees, Jeffrey Rudman and Raymond Tye, came forward with $55,000 of their own money to keep the library open on those Sundays.

Like most libraries around the country, the Boston library has to balance tighter than ever finances with an increasing number of patrons.

Boston Public Library President Amy Ryan’s been trying to preserve services and must cut $4 million from her budget. She’s already slashed $1.3 million in spending.