I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
I started this blog in 2006 when I was doing my Master of Library Science degree at the University of Western Ontario.
6,921 posts and 3,356 comments since 2006.
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Oh. My. God.
I knew it was getting bad for a lot of libraries in the U.S., but I didn't realize how bad. :O Here's hoping their funding gets reinstated before they have to close!
…Looks like their funding may still be dramatically cut, but there was enough of an outcry that they won't have to close entirely.
Thanks for the update – still scary that they even had to consider closing *everything* – I simply can't comprehend how bad the economy is hurting in the US.
Yeah – some libraries in Canada have been experiencing cuts too*, but nothing like that. So far, anyway. *knock on wood* I have trouble grasping how bad it must really be down there, too.
*I moved to Alberta last month, but I'm still on a BCLA listserv; for a little while there it seemed like every other email had to do with some kind of funding cut (notably, AskAway and Literacy BC lost all of their provincial funding, and public libraries lost almost a quarter of it). I don't think any BC libraries are seriously facing closure as a result of this, though.