Mississippi: County Budget Cuts Force Indefinite Closure of All Public Libraries in Perry County
From WDAM:
County budget cuts have forced the closure of all three public libraries in Perry County.
Libraries in Richton, New Augusta and Beaumont will close their doors Friday afternoon.
Charles Cox, director of the Pine Forest Regional Library System, which operates the libraries, said three employees will lose their jobs.
A post on the Pine Forest Regional Library Facebook Page Says:
Due to no funding from Perry County for the next fiscal year, all Perry County public libraries (Richton, New Augusta and Beaumont) will be CLOSED indefinitely beginning October 1, 2016.
Read the Complete Article and Letter From Perry County Board of Supervisors
Filed under: Funding, Jobs, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
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.
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