The Portland Public Library gets high marks in a survey of residents, but the head of the library said the results won't cause the staff to become complacent. The survey, paid for by a grant from the Davis Family Foundation, suggests that two of every three Portlanders have library cards and 57 percent have visited the main library downtown or a branch in the last year.
By Amanda Pinto Register Staff apinto@nhregister.com WEST HAVEN -- The library's board of directors has made progress since a difficult spring when employees criticized library oversight and formed a union, board President Nancy Ciarleglio said.
WAYNE -- The lines may be longer at the library next year and books won't be put back on the shelves as quickly under a proposal to cut part-time staff while closing an anticipated $200,000 budget gap. But the Preakness Branch on Hamburg Turnpike will remain open and the main library will continue to open its doors on Sundays.
Use of Whitehall Public Library's LEARN bus had declined last year to the point that, at times, no one was taking advantage of the program geared to assist refugees in getting to a community hub. New residents, mostly from Bhutan and Nepal, had moved into the Whitehall Place housing complex, but were not taking advantage of library programming like others had in the past.
Jim Cogswell stood outside the north entrance of Ellis Library on the University of Missouri campus in the early morning hours of Sept. 10 watching smoke billow out of doors and windows and listening to water gushing inside. I felt about as low as I ever felt after 40 years in this business," said Cogswell, director of MU libraries.
WAYNE -- The township library board approved a $3.6 million draft budget for 2011 that guts spending on new books but saves jobs. The trustees agreed to the budget parameters at a heated meeting on Tuesday at which library employees pleaded with them to preserve their positions. The board also called for the establishment of a committee to pursue shared services with the township and requiring the administration to pursue a plan to identify creative funding mechanisms.
Carnegie-Stout Public Library Director Susan Henricks made her second plea in as many years Wednesday to the Dubuque City Council for additional staff. Henricks is seeking 15 part-time positions, the equivalent of nearly eight full-time employees. The Dubuque City Council is strongly considering adding 1 percent to property tax bills in fiscal year 2011 to pay for additional part- time library staff. The city already proposed a 2.47 percent tax increase if the Homestead Tax Credit is fully funded. With the additional 1 percent, the average homeowner's bill would increase by $18.22 annually. City Councilman Dirk Voetberg reminded the council that the state has not fully funded the Homestead Tax Credit for several years, and that the full tax increase could end up around 6 percent.
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