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Saturday, 8th May 2010

Reports from "Save My Library" Rally in Trenton, New Jersey

On Thursday, we posted an item about a rally in Trenton, NJ to supporting New Jersey Public Libraries as the possibility of a major budget cut looms.

Here are a rwo reports from the event:

+ Hundreds of N.J. librarians protest $10.4M proposed budget cuts (via NJ.com)

Hundreds of librarians protested a $10.4 million proposed budget cut at the Statehouse Annex today, being far from quiet as they told story after story about the value of book sharing.

"There’s no shushing," said Pat Massey of Edison, president of the New Jersey Association of School Librarians and a South Plainfield school librarian who took a personal day to attend the rally.

Under Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $29.3 billion budget for fiscal 2011, the state’s libraries would lose 74 percent of their funding with a cut from $14 million to $3.6 million. The loss of state funds also would cost at least $4.5 million in federal matching funds.

+ New Jersey librarians and residents rally to support library funding (via Newark Progresesive Examinr)

A few graduate students from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, also spoke. Kelly Tubridy will be graduating in May with a Masters degree in library science. She has always wanted to share knowledge with the next generation, she said, but is now afraid that New Jersey holds no future for enthusiastic young people who have worked towards graduate degrees and who are passionate about education and learning.

Laurie Feistammel, a recent Rutgers' library science graduate, said that New Jersey's libraries already do so much with so little -- but they won't be able to do anything with nothing. Libraries, said Laurie, are examples of sharing services throughout the state, increasing efficiencies, and improving the quality of life for all with little cost.

Source: Newark Progressive Examiner

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