Thursday, May 12, 2011

FIGHT LIBRARY CUTS

Andrew.Roraback@cga.ct.gov 800 842 1421 Malloy 800 405 1527
Clark.Chapin@cga.ct.gov 800 842 1423

GOVERNOR MALLOY ‘S BUDGET PLAN B WILL ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR
State Library & Archives, ICONN, CCAR, State Service Centers and Connecticut Library Consortium.

If the State Library Goes Away there will be no more:

State Law Library
State Archives (dating back from 1631)
Genealogy and Ct History
Library for Blind and Handicapped
State Library website resources for CT
Federal Documents Collection
State Document
Premier Research collections
Connecticut Newspaper Collection
ICONN
Statewide Catalog/interlibrary loan
Connecticut Library Consortium
State aerial surveys
State records center
Federal library funds
Transporting library materials between libraries
Free borrowing from any library
State aid to public libraries
Public library construction grants
Library service centers
Training, consulting and professional resources for library staff statewide
Public library statistics
Large print collections
Downloadable books
Summer reading resources
Access to legislative histories
Indexing for legislative materials
Digitized images of Ct
Digital state publications
Video archive
PUBLIC RECORDS of ct
Historical Probate record books and files
Historic documents preservation grants
Historical programming in schools
Resources for teachers

WHO WILL BE AFFECTED
ANYONE USING PUBLIC LIBRARY

Blind and physically handicapped,
Lawyers
Students, teachers
Librarians
Genealogists
Researchers
State agencies
Legislators
Town Clerks
Historical societies etc etc
WHAT IS LOST
Access to government info
Ability to use any library in state
Historical record of state and municipal gov.
Cooperative resource sharing
Blind and physically handicapped library service
ICONN
Training
Cost benefits of cooperative purchasing
Ability for environmental impact reviews
Ability to complete commercial private phase one reviews for mortgages and land development.

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