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Subject: RE: Library of Congress Layoffs
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:04:55 -0400
From: Grabach, Kenneth A. Mr. <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship <[log in to unmask]>


I am sorry for the Library.  Considering that it is within the
legislative branch budget, there were certain to be cuts in areas like
this.  Cuts are being made at libraries of all types and sizes, within
all public sector areas.  Economic downturns are not pretty things.  I
trust that the collections, divisions and departments, and key personnel
to keep them functioning, will remain.  That is my hope.  As a former
federal librarian, myself (during the budget cutting climate of the
1980s), I understand what this feels like.

Ken Grabach                           <[log in to unmask]>
Maps Librarian                          Phone: 513-529-1726
Miami University Libraries
Oxford, Ohio  45056  USA

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Subject:  Library of Congress Layoffs
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:08:10 -0400
From: Larry Summers <[log in to unmask]>


This from a Roll Call article this morning....layoffs and severe service
cuts on their way...a sad day for the Nations Library...

Library of Congress Gets Hit Hardest With Cuts Legislative Branch
Spending Slashed Over 2010

      * By Daniel Newhauser
      * Roll Call Staff
      * April 13, 2011, Midnight

   The fiscal 2011 spending agreement includes more than $103 million in
cuts to Congress' own budget, which may eventually necessitate some
layoffs around Capitol Hill but not the drastic actions that would have
been required by other House proposals.



.....

But the Library, which would be forced to absorb a $13.4 million cut
from 2010 levels, would be hit the hardest and will be forced to reduce
staff.

"The level of funding provided in the [continuing resolution] proposal
would require a hiring freeze with no new hires, and core services and
products will be delayed as staff levels are reduced," the Senate
summary states. A Library spokeswoman said the agency will soon
determine where the cuts will be absorbed.