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Re: [Fwd: [alis] Bush slashes Library Funds]
Where will it stop? I thought he was suppose to be the compassionate guy
who cared about education. What could be more important to education then
libraries and archives?
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From: Sharon <centans@TAMPABAY.RR.COM>
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> Sharon Centanne
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> Subject: [alis] Bush slashes Library Funds
> Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 12:19:54 -0400
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> Associated Press Texas Wire News
> http://www.express-news.net/auth/ennews/ap/texas/d0655.html
>
>
> Bush proposes slashing federal
> spending on libraries by $39 million
>
> Eds: New for PMs
>
> DALLAS (AP) - President Bush's recent proposal to
> slash federal spending on libraries by $39 million has
> irked a national library group, which promises to
> return
> to Congress for more funding.
>
> Bush's plan seems to clash with statements made by
> first lady and former librarian Laura Bush, who kicked
> off a national campaign for America's libraries last
> week.
>
> Laura Bush called libraries ``community treasure
> chests, loaded with a wealth of information available
> to
> everyone, equally.''
>
> Emily Sheketoff, executive director of the Washington
> office of the American Library Association, said the
> president's $168 million budget request - about $5
> million less than President Clinton's request for
> fiscal
> 2001 - is insufficient.
>
> ``Mrs. Bush understands very well how libraries are
> serving this nation's communities,'' Sheketoff told The
> Dallas Morning News for its Friday editions.
> ``Certainly,
> the budget doesn't reflect that.''
>
> Bush's cuts aim to eliminate initiatives specifically
> inserted by members of Congress, said White House
> spokeswoman Jeanie Mamo.
>
> The cuts would include a $461,000 grant to Texas
> Tech.
>
> ``It's not a reflection of his commitment to
> libraries,''
> Mamo said. ``The president has said repeatedly that
> he's
> committed to education and the reading initiative,
> which
> is a very large chunk of the budget.''
>
> Of the $149 million distributed this fiscal year to
> states based on population, Texas will receive nearly
> $10
> million to create programs or distribute to local
> libraries.
>
> The library association, which represents 61,000
> librarians, requested $350 million in federal funds
> under the Library Services and Technology Act.
>
> The money is used to improve technology at libraries
> and
> provides outreach to certain groups, such as people
> with
> disabilities.
>
> Library representatives say the $39 million cut is a
> substantial portion of its federal funding.
>
> They point out that the money could fund nearly 1.1
> million hardcover books, 161,463 magazine
> subscriptions or underwrite the cost of 867 librarians
> at
> an average salary of $46,000.
>
> ``We really thought if they were serious about
> education, they would give us somewhere close to the
> resources that are needed,'' Sheketoff said.
>
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