No money for library’s newspaper reading service for blind

The ResourceShelf sends “this story from TheState.com which says that “state budget cuts have forced the South Carolina State Library to end a reading service for the blind….The state library let its contract for the Newsline service lapse in February. The service limped on through March, but news recordings ended at the end of the month. ‘It’s a great service, it’s just not cost-effective to do it,’ said Jim Johnson, director of the state library. The contract cost the state about $40,000 a year – a significant portion of the library’s budget.”

April 8, 2004 by Librarians Libraries

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