Article: “Failed Fee and Budget Cuts Cause Changes at University of Missouri Libraries”

From The Maneater (Student Newspaper at Mizzou):

Last year, Ellis was open 24 hours for five days per week. This semester, during finals week and the week before, Ellis Library will be open 24 hours a day. Regularly, on Monday through Thursday, the library will close at midnight, and on Saturday and Sunday, the library will close at 7 p.m.
Changes at campus libraries are a result of a failed library fee proposal, as well as a 5 percent cut in MU’s general operating funds. The proposal would have implemented a fee per credit hour that would have begun at $5 per credit hour and slowly increased to $15 per credit hour by 2022. Last year, 54 percent of MU students who voted on the fee voted against the proposal.
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Multiple fundraisers have taken place to make up for the loss in revenue. Matt Gaunt, director of advancement for MU Libraries, explained that a comprehensive campaign for the campus has raised over $6 million for MU Libraries so far. The libraries have received help from individual donors as well.
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Along with shorter hours, academic journals are another resource being reduced at the libraries.

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See Also: University of Missouri: “MU Library Looks for New Ways to Improve After Fee Failed” (December 2, 2016)

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