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Hubbardston trustees plan outreach after state cuts trim library databases
Summary
Trustees discussed Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners funding cuts that will remove multiple statewide databases and agreed to draft public messaging and a letter to legislators, while promoting remaining resources and local workshops.
Trustees for the Hubbardston Library heard that cuts to state library funding will reduce access to several databases used by local patrons, and they agreed to draft outreach materials and a letter to state legislators.
The library director, Christine Barbera, told trustees the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) and Massachusetts Library System (MLS) funding has been reduced and that a number of statewide databases will be discontinued on July 1. She said libraries statewide receive subscriptions to many research databases through the state, and without that support local libraries…
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