Link to September 19 masslive.com post, "Western Mass. Regional Library System to hold road race to help serve Pioneer Valley libraries".
Excerpt: The system's bookmobile, which delivers materials to close to half of the system's 351 member libraries, is now only able to make visits every 12 to 13 weeks, rather than every two months.
Its annual budget of $1,659,293 is just $11,874, or less than 1 percent, more than it had for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
Hard economic times mean libraries, too, are having a more difficult time balancing their (financial) books, so runners and walkers will take to the road on Oct. 3 for the Western Massachusetts Regional Library System.
The regional system - which calls itself the "libraries' library - is turning to a more traditional fund-raiser, a road race, to gather funds for its services to foster cooperation, communication and sharing among member libraries.
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