Comments on: Major NJ Library Budget Cuts

By: 90 of 365 is a call to support NJ Libraries in #Inkscape « 365 sketches

90 of 365 is a call to support NJ Libraries in #Inkscape « 365 sketches — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:16:28 +0000

[...] Major NJ Library Budget Cuts (web2learning.net) [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:20:28 +0000

Anyone who cares about this nations safety nets knows that Libraries are the backbone. Where are people to turn now when they lose their job and need retraining and information. When they need internet access and can’t afford their own. When a person needs advice or valuable data that is only available via corporate subscription, Ebsco et al.

What about the early childhood development programs?!? That’s the one that really matters to me. The early development programs prepare children for School, and really make a difference. With this country staring down the barrel of a service economy, Education is paramount.

What an A-Hole.

By: Marie

Marie — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:56:29 +0000

In a professional field where staying current is vital to the service provided, the ramifications to the end users–the public–won’t be felt immediately. But it will be felt. There has to be a compromise available that won’t set librarianship back decades.

By: Save NJ Libraries! « Library Garden

Save NJ Libraries! « Library Garden — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:53:01 +0000

[...] (If you haven’t heard the news, Nicole Engard did a nice post on it yesterday here.) [...]

By: Galen Charlton

Galen Charlton — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:01:58 +0000

What really annoys me is the notion of cutting back state aid so much as to leave federal money on the table, There’s a similar library funding crisis in Florida as well, for the second year in a row.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:44:06 +0000

yes, way too many of my friends and colleagues losing their jobs because libraries are getting the brunt of budget cuts

By: richard james

richard james — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:56:34 +0000

It’s awful news. It seems like NJ and Charlotte/Mecklenberg are being punished for success.

By: Kathy Dempsey

Kathy Dempsey — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:23:52 +0000

This is both sad and infuriating. After all NJ libraries have accomplished, proven, and won… I want an hour alone in a room w/ these decision-makers!! No cameras allowed. And I’d like 24′s Jack Bauer to come in with me. ;->