Link to June 23 Charlotte Observer article, "Library future: No Novello, fewer hours".
Excerpt: Even with last-minute support from local governments, the Mecklenburg County library system will be vastly different as of July 6.
The current 20 branches - down from 24 in the past week - will remain open.
But on Thursday, the library board votes on a 2011 operating plan that will cut branch hours by 26 percent, cut staff by 18 percent, and end programs such as the popular Novello Festival of Reading after 20 years.
All this comes in response to an $11 million cut from the county, which is the system's chief source of money.
Even the Main Library and ImaginOn will take hits, shutting down Sundays and Mondays during the summer.
The proposed changes were forged from months of community meetings, government concessions and library cutbacks that included 120 layoffs in April.
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