Subscribe to the RSS feedGovernor Rell’s Proposed Additional Budget Cuts — and how they affect libraries
Governor M. Jodi Rell has proposed additional cuts in the state budget so as not to have to raise income taxes. With regard to the State Library’s budget, she has proposed more than $5 MILLION in additional cuts, which would have the following impacts on library services:
1. Eliminate the possibility of negotiating large group discounts for books, databases, materials, and supplies, thereby placing a higher burden on local taxpayers;
2. Eliminate availability of resource sharing (interlibrary loan, reciprocal borrowing), thereby drastically reducing the available collection of materials to Connecticut’s citizens; and
3. Eliminate high-speed internet access for public libraries and schools, thereby placing the burden of paying for internet access on local taxpayers.
More information:
Fact Sheet: Governor’s Proposed Budget Cuts (State Library)
WNPR story about the Governor’s proposal to eliminate library services.
Connecticut Library Consortium’s information page about the Governor’s Cuts (including “find your legislator,” should you wish to make your opinions known)