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Dozens of librarians urge committee to restore State Library funding, cite cost efficiencies
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Library directors and trustees from across South Dakota told the appropriations committee proposed cuts to the State Library would raise local costs and reduce services; speakers highlighted shared statewide subscriptions and local reliance on State Library resources.
Dozens of librarians, trustees and library directors addressed the Joint Committee on Appropriations to urge restoration of proposed cuts to the State Library budget.
Elizabeth Fox, president of the South Dakota Library Association, told the committee the State Library provides 54 databases to schools and libraries statewide and highlighted one subscriptionSwankused for classroom film streaming. "The State Library pays $137,800 a year for this database," Fox said. "If that goes away and each individual district has to pay for the database, the…
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