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April 23, 2010
Spare the libraries
Letters to the Editor
nj.com
April 22, 2010
I have long advocated shared services for public agencies. Libraries long have been in the forefront of this practice, especially because their funding has always been low. Now the governor has called for a 74 percent reduction in state aid to libraries. This will lead to the elimination of many shared services: Inter-library loans; shared databases; the regional library cooperatives (where public, school, college, and corporate libraries share ideas, programs and many regional services). This is in addition to losing computer access for the most vulnerable residents when they are most needed for employment information and education (especially after school hours). Evening and weekend service, when most users are available, is threatened.
I’d much rather have students in the library than on the streets. The reductions are short-sighted and will have a negative effect on our future.
Marc Eisen, Monroe Twp.
Posted by tumulty at April 23, 2010 6:19 PM
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