Libraries may share services

Bob Cox writes News From Detroit where Tight budgets and the duplication of services between nine southeastern Oakland County Michigan libraries have prompted library officials from six small communities to discuss consolidation.


Library board members from Berkley, Clawson, Hazel Park, Huntington Woods, Oak Park and Royal Oak met recently to discuss combining services to save money. Some smaller or older libraries in the area would close to save money in a regional library system, but all agree the idea is about five or 10 years from happening.