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Kingston library warns loss of federal IMLS funding would wipe out one-third of circulation; building repairs and fundraising underway
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Kingston Public Library Director Melissa Mannen told the Select Board on March 31 that a proposed federal cut to IMLS funding would jeopardize the shared ebook platform and state van delivery that together account for roughly one-third of the library's circulation.
Melissa Mannen, Kingston Public Library director, told the Select Board on March 31 that potential federal action to cut Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funding would sharply curtail ebook and interlibrary-loan services that the town relies on.
"This amounts to one-third of our total circulation in Kingston of materials," Mannen said, citing last year's numbers: 9,108 ebook and e-audio checkouts and 1,691 interlibrary-loan borrows. She said the New Hampshire State Library receives IMLS funding and that those…
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