Due to a 31% reduction in state funding to the Public Library Fund, the following preliminary budget cuts have been made by the Board of Trustees:
►All library locations will be closed on Saturdays & Sundays.
►The Antwerp Branch Library will be closed on Thursday.
►The Cooper Community Library, Oakwood will be closed on Wednesday.
►The Payne Branch Library will be closed on Tuesday.
►The main library in Paulding will be closed on Friday.
►All staff will take a five-hour cut in hours per week.
►No new materials will be ordered.
University libraries, too:
The Cornell University Library will have to cut around about $944,000 from the fiscal year 2010 materials budget.
The Emory University Libraries have "already cut $200,000 from the current (2008/2009) collections budget" and more cuts are planned in FY 2010:
The MIT Libraries are faced with a $1.4 million budget cut this summer:
The UCLA Libraries are facing a cut of over $400,00 this year alone:
The University of Tennessee Libraries sent a February 16th memo to deans, department heads, and library representatives saying that they were "facing a potential 8% base budget cut. This cut represents reductions totaling $1,343,299 from the library's operations, personnel, and collections budget."
The University of Washington Libraries have submitted a business plan to the Provost and Executive Vice President that reflects "levels of reduction in central support of 8%, 10%, and 12%." In dollar terms, these reductions are $2,457,962, $3,072,452, and $$3,686,943 respectively.
The Yale University Library is cutting its collection budget for the first time due to budget shortfalls: