Tighter Budgets Hurting Libraries

Submitted by Blake on June 3, 2003 - 11:10am

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SomeOne writes "Just when they are needed most, Connecticut's public libraries are struggling with budget cuts while trying to keep bookshelves filled and services current. More patrons, whose household fortunes have withered in the soft investment and job markets, are popping into their local libraries to borrow a bestseller, or to job-search on the Internet.