Thursday, May 20, 2010

Quincy Massachusetts Library Adjust to Budget Cuts

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Link to Patriot-Ledger article, "Quincy budget cuts mean shorter hours, fewer new books at Thomas Crane Public Library".

Excerpt:  The Thomas Crane Public Library is bracing for another round of budget cuts this summer.

In addition to being open fewer hours, the cuts will also mean fewer new books on the shelves, less time on computers for patrons and longer waits to get questions answered. Those are the predictable effects of a $232,000, or 9 percent, cut to the library’s $2.6 million budget being proposed by Mayor Thomas Koch in his budget plan for the fiscal year that begins July 1.

That’s in addition to the 10 percent cut made in the current fiscal year budget. Library director Ann McLaughlin said previous budget cuts have forced the sharpest service cuts in the city’s library system since the Proposition 2 1/2 property tax limit went into effect in 1982.

New reductions announced Monday by the library trustees include:

The main library will remain closed on Sundays, and will also be closed on Saturdays in July and August.

The Adams Shore, North Quincy and Wollaston branches will be open 1-5 p.m. Monday through Thursday, a drop from 28 to 16 hours a week
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