The Buffalo News has some more sad news on the BECPL. Library officials haven’t finalized their list of library closures for next year, but a few things are becoming clear.
First, there’s a growing likelihood that the library system will close more than 19 libraries – the low-end figure originally tossed out.
Second, those closures would involve the layoff of more than a hundred people and the selling off of collections that the library system doesn’t have room to house.
And third, some libraries on the tentative closure list probably will be spared to fill gaping geographic holes, but that will put other “safe” libraries at risk.
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