California: Sonoma County Library Director Stuns Officials with Resignation (via The Press-Democrat)
Delaware: Public Libraries in Delaware Face Budget Cuts
Indiana: Gary Public Library Drastically Reduces Spending (via NW Indiana Times)
Indiana: An Indiana Public Library Dumps Dewey Decimal System For Easier “Bookstore” Method (via IPR/AP)
See Also: “We’re Done With Dewey” via Kendalville Public Library)
Learn More About BISAC Subject Headings Codes used by bookstores.
See Also: Two Pittsburgh Area Public Libraries Using BISAC Subject Heading to Organize Some Materials, More Libraries Possible (April 23, 2012)
Nebraska: Library Reduces Hours in Anticipation of City’s Budget Cuts (via Grand Island Independent)
New York: Man Arrested for Selling Heroin Inside White Plains Public Library (via CBS News York)
||| Heroin: Dealers arrested; sales in library: DA (via LoHud)
UPDATE Ontario: Province agrees to reinstate $1.4M grant to Toronto Public Library (via CTV)
||| Full Text of Statement by Ontario Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport Eleanor McMahon (via TPL Twitter)
…Ontario Cuts Funding for Toronto Public Library. Services (via The Star)
Wyoming: Budget Cuts Force Layoffs at Libraries (via Uinta County Herald)
Note: The director of the library system was laid-off along with three others. More cuts possible.
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