Well, our funding hasn't fallen this far yet... And I don't expect it will. Sympathy to our UK friends.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/21/backlash-grows-against-unstaffed-libraries
Budget season is in high gear and our noses are pressed to spreadsheets in the Administration office. 2020 is looking good for keeping excellence on track.
Our proposed budget includes restoring open hours at Uptown on Friday and expanding Youth, Adult and Outreach programming. Full details provided after we get the ok from city administration.
Busy week ahead:
Plumer Lovelace from WLA will be visiting our libraries on Monday.
We meet with the architects for the SW space plan again on Tuesday.
We meet with DPI officials about a project to measure the impact of summer reading programs on Wednesday.
I'm out to a systems meeting in Wausau Thursday and Friday.
Tall ships come into the Kenosha harbor Thursday evening. Thanks to library staff who have signed up as volunteers for weekend festivities. I'll be in the ticket booth Saturday and Sunday. Stop by and say hi!
This week's Bright Spot goes out to all staff at CCB, as they waited patiently for a final decision on the future home of our offices. Today we received official word that we will establish a permanent Library administration/ service center in the current Shalom Center Food Pantry building on south Sheridan Road. (across from McDonald's) Administration and Collection Services will move in by the end of 2019 and we'll be crafting plans for Outreach to join us in spring 2020.
Have a wonderful summer weekend, everyone!
Barb
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