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Library director presents proposed 2025 budget; requests larger collections fund and marketing vendor
Summary
The library presented a proposed 2025 budget that includes a proposed $1,000,000 collections allocation to boost digital and e‑materials, $50,000 for a marketing vendor, technology upgrades at branches, and a $3.5M transfer to capital for a building bond. Staff said digital circulation continues to grow and physical CD use has declined.
The Davis County Library director presented the proposed 2025 budget on Oct. 10, outlining priorities for collections, staffing, branch repairs and marketing as library use shifts toward digital formats.
Josh Johnson, the library director, told the board the system received roughly 5,300 survey responses that informed the budget priorities and that downloadable and streaming audiobooks are increasing in use. “Digital circulation is increasing; physical collections and circulation are not necessarily decreasing, which gives us a money problem because we have to buy things in multiple…
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