Major Cuts Proposed for Indiana State Library Budget, Remotely Accessible Databases and Genealogy Department Targeted
Word via Fred Moss on the Records Preservation and Access Committee Blog from the Federation of Genealogical Societies.
From the Blog Post:
With a more than $2 billion state budget surplus, the 2015 state budget proposed by the administration provides for a 25% cut to the Indiana State Library’s funding. This proposal specifically targets cuts against state-wide access to informational and educational databases and would eliminate the Genealogy Department. It would reduce the Library staff by 10%.
Additional information and links in the complete blog post.
Analysis of Bill by Indiana State Librarian, Jacob Speer
The budget bill can be accessed here.
Filed under: Funding, Libraries, News, Preservation
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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