Some people or employees for a company or organization think that budget cuts can either be good or bad for the library.
I was informed at the start of this month that the library that I work at, The Oceanside Public library is going to be cutting 12 or of 27 hourly employees this June!
The city has to make a cut of 8 million dollars! The sad thing is that, we just had a major cut last October: losing 10 employees, closing of the Oceanside Computer Resource Center, and the closing of our Spanish Bookmobile, Adelante.
Sometimes budget cuts can be good in the sense of "saving money" for future projects or purchasing of new materials. In this case it is a bad one and a lot of the community is blaming our City Council. The community does not understand that we are state funded and if the state of California has no money then we get no money. The cause of this is no good at all for employees and patrons. I had a co-worker of mine tell me that she had a very angry woman on the phone upset on the fact that a book that she placed on hold months ago was still in processing and did not know when it was going to be made available. She then told me that the library technicians are 4 months behind on processing new materials! It is really upsetting knowing about it has come down to and not knowing when it will get better. The library is a place of learning, and getting information and we are slowly losing them!
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I agree, but the sad truth of it is that the state of California is broke.It doesn't bring enough revenue to support all the people that live in state. Sadly one of the biggest burdens is the cost and effect of illegal immigration. It's sad. It's difficult to live in world where sometimes it seems like a choice is no choice.
ReplyDeleteHowever as Americans we have the ability to speak up and speak out, make the choice to have our opinions heard. This may sound strange, but I have emailed my county supervisor at least three times because I think more money should be spent on library books (CD"s DVD's whatever) and less on programs like soapmaking at sdcl.org.I have emailed sdcl.org as well. Who knows if I am the only one,
The point is that people can tell their mayor, city manager and city council members: more library- less something else. With social networking tools we can reach out and ask others - how do you feel about the budget cuts?
Share your thoughts with the city council/government because I am sure some of them have Facebook and or Twitter accountsand all of them email and telephone.