13 May 2009

Take Action! Help Save Our Libraries

Have you been hiding in a cave? Secret bunker? Canada? Here's the bad news, little bear: Mayor Bloomberg's proposed 2010 budget calls for a 22% cut in funding for New York City's public libraries. All three systems have mounted some form of response, but they need your help. Here's what you can do:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Brooklyn's Support Our Shelves campaign will do nothing to prevent layoffs, 1-5 library hours, etc. It is only for materials.

Alex said...

Very true, but library collections will be impacted by budget cuts as well. The post was intended to offer various forms of action one might take. The really ineffective one is the Save NYC Libraries facebook group! (Though it should engender useful discussion and commiseration has its place.)

Alex said...

"Ineffective" is not really the right word. What I meant is that, unlike the other links I listed, it's an indirect medium for affecting change...but it's obviously a great way to spread the news about this critically important cause!

Anonymous said...

There's now an online petition at the Brooklyn Public Library website:
https://bpl.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/adv/helpus.aspx