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Library directors tell selectmen digital subscriptions and copier overages drive costs
Summary
Library Director Liz Lauren told the Board of Selectmen the library’s operating assessment (Bibliomation membership) and digital subscriptions — including Hoopla and Libby — are a substantial share of the materials budget, and that color copier overages created unexpectedly high costs last year.
The Bolton Library presented its budget to the Board of Selectmen on Feb. 5, with Director Liz Lauren outlining staffing, vendor contracts and rising operating costs tied to digital materials and copier overages.
Lauren, introduced herself as the library director, said the library has one full‑time staff member (the director), four part‑time union employees at 25 hours a week, two student pages sharing 13 hours a week and three substitute staff. Training funds are modest because the Connecticut State Library provides many…
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