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Committee approves conditional funding for library hours and reviews software switch; Hendersonville director outlines options

3237130 · May 8, 2025
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Budget committee agreed to contingent funding to restore library hours and to cover software changeover costs if Hendersonville Library opens an extra service day; commissioners also approved capital maintenance funding for local libraries.

Sumner County’s budget committee agreed to conditional funding to allow libraries to restore operating hours and to review a vendor change for shared library cataloging software.

Kristen Lima, interim director at Hendersonville Library, told the committee she had researched alternative integrated library systems. She reported the county’s current provider (TLC) charges roughly $20,000 annually for the county’s library, while a provider called Atrium would charge roughly $5,000 per year…

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