Washington State Library Cuts Hours, Halts ‘Ask a Librarian’ Program, and Leaves Jobs Unfilled as Its Budget Takes a Hit
From the Yakima Herald-Republic:
With a housing market slowdown choking off a key source of its funding, the Washington State Library is shaving hours and pausing virtual inquiries to librarians.
Effective this week, the library in Tumwater will be closed Mondays and its Ask A Librarian program halted indefinitely to deal with the shortfall created by a decline in revenue from fees paid on real estate transactions
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Secretary of State Steve Hobbs, in whose office the library is housed, is seeking $3.9 million in next year’s supplemental budget to bridge the shortfall.
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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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