Fewer New Materials Mean Long Waits For D.C. Library Customers
From The Washington Examiner:
Facing a dramatic slash to its book budget, the D.C. Public Library system is anticipating customer waits of up to six weeks for its popular materials if the D.C. Council does not restore funding next year.
At an oversight hearing Wednesday conducted by Councilman Tommy Wells, about 50 library staff and supporters voiced concern about the library’s looming inability to meet residents’ demands for books. The money the library uses to purchase new books and e-resources for its 24 branches was cut by 40 percent from 2011.
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Funds for new materials have plummeted from a high of $6 million in 2006 to the current $1.8 million allotment.
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Filed under: Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Publishing
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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