Genie sent this one over:
“Just when people may most need library services, the end may be near for the traditional practice of free inter-library loans and checkouts to borrowers from other library districts, such as between Atherton residents, who are served by the county library system, and Menlo Park residents, who use a city library.”
“A proposal by Gov. Gray Davis would eliminate $12.1 million in state funds that subsidize the costs for these kinds of exchanges. To replace the state subsidy, the governor’s proposal suggests that libraries charge out-of-district borrowers $1 for each check-out of materials and $5 for each inter-library loan, in which the requested material is transported by van to the borrower’s library.” (from The Alamana)
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