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Library workers warn funding and salaries threaten Camden County Library services
Summary
Library staff and union leaders told commissioners that potential loss of Institute of Museum and Library Services funding, low county salaries, and a staffing shortage are forcing service reductions and risk further branch closures.
Sarah Junich, head of youth services and president of AFSCME Local 1454, told the board she and library colleagues are "terrified" about potential cuts and staffing shortages that she said would reduce services across the Camden County Library System.
Junich said the library's budget is indirectly at risk from potential federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funding changes because the State Library of New Jersey receives…
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