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Perfect Storm for Public Libraries

The American Library Association (ALA) refers to the current public library budget climate as ‘a perfect storm.’ They might be right. Did you know that almost 15 percent of U.S. public libraries reported a decrease in operating hours over the past fiscal year? Read about this and many other interesting funding-related public library facts in a new ALA brief.

January 25, 2010 ALA, brief, news, report