We mentioned that Friends of Seattle Public Library will have a rep at tonight’s Southwest District Council meeting. One other FSPL note: Group rep Sarel e-mailed overnight asking that we share a link to their website – which has been chronicling the weeklong closure – and a request for you to take a survey about the shutdown. You’ll find the link here.
Just completed the survey (see WSB link), which only has 9 questions. I love the library!!!
The city had to close down the librarie’s to make up for a $43 million dollar gap in its budget claiming it’s an economical decision. Library workers also had to forego one weeks pay because of the closures. The article says here that 26 branches to close will save up to $655,000. Wow.. that is a tiny drop to make up for that deficit.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j7HKpBZT29cZuFyaCCQ9HKLHYXeQD9AFCUFO0
unfortunate that the closure is occurring the week before school starts when most day camps have finished for the summer, this in between week seems to be when most parents need resources/books activities to do with their kids.
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