LISNews: Librarian News

Here\'s an Associated Press story that\'s making the rounds on budget troubles we are facing across the country. It\'s way too short, but they do say Librarians say one of the most disturbing consequences of the budget cuts is that they\'re coming at a time when more people need libraries to help them find work. They also add The American Library Association says funding problems stem from a lack of political clout. The group plans to launch a campaign to raise funds and awareness next month.
Here\'s Another with a few more details, and a good quote from Mitch:

``As the economic times get worse, library use has gone up,\'\' said Maurice J. Freedman, president of the American Library Association. ``The injustice of it is, here we are providing more service with the same staff, and we\'re asked to cut our budgets.\'\'

Michael Lambert, Charley Hivey, Bob Cox, and others sent over This CNN Story that follows up on that 3 million gift from a philanthropist who demanded his money back and threatened to sue from BU.Boston University will keep the estimated $1.2 million in interest earned during the years the money sat unused, but will donate the rest to Cape Cod Hospital and public television station WGBH-TV.

Yahoo News Is Reporting on a $3 million donation that has been "lost."Grocery entrepreneur David Mugar donated $3 Million to Boston University to renovate The Mugar Library, he said he had been told the money was "lost" through poor accounting and could not be identified among university funds.
"BU has been very apologetic about losing my money, but regardless, I want my money back," Mugar said in Wednesday's editions of The Boston Globe.

This one comes by way of RCR Wireless News. It deals with recent allegations that there is some questionable activity going on with regard to the E-Rate program. Interesting enough, Walker Feaster, FCC Inspector General, \"Until such time as resources and funding are available to provide adequate oversight for the USF [Universal Service Fund] program, we are unable to give the chairman, Congress and the public any level of assurance that the program is protected from fraud waste and abuse.\" Anyone surprised? Read More.