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Albany Library Board urges council to restore dedicated materials line in city budget
Summary
Amy Roberts, chair of the Albany Library Board, asked council to add a dedicated 'library materials' line in the city budget after state and federal funding uncertainty and the 2020 removal of the prior materials allocation. The board warned that current reliance on Friends, the foundation and an endowment leaves purchasing unpredictable.
Amy Roberts, chair of the Albany Library Board, told Albany City Council on May 15 that the library currently lacks a guaranteed city budget line for materials purchases and asked the council to consider restoring a dedicated library materials appropriation.
Roberts said two recent developments prompted the appeal: funding shifts at…
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