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Wednesday June 19, 2013

74% NJ Library Budget Cut Could Mean No Internet

State budget cuts to libraries, proposed by NJ Governor Chris Christie, would force NJ libraries to disconnect from crucial databases or stop offering Internet services altogether at a time when "residents are using libraries more than ever," according to NJ Librarians.

Figures supplied by the NJ State Library show that the Christie administration is proposing about $3.7 million in
state aid for statewide library services for fiscal year 2011, significantly less than the $14 million for the current fiscal year, an article in the Press of Atlantic City said.

Press of Atlantic City

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