The Federation of Friends of the DC Public Library elected new officers on October 28, 2009. The 2010-2011 Executive Committee of the Federation is: President – Susan Haight (West End) Vice-President – vacant* Secreatary – Wendy Blair (Literary Friends) Treasurer – Richard Huffine (Mt. Pleasant) * Sharon Turner (Woodridge) agreed to continue serving until a [...]
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Richard Huffine
The funding for the DC Public Library for FY10 is about 11% less than funding for FY09. In addition, the library must accommodate some cost increases within this budget. This forces them to make changes in the way they provide library services to District residents. In making these decisions, they want to be sure of [...]
In their recent budget process, the Mayor and the City Council made further reductions to the Library’s FY 2010 budget because of a worse-than-projected revenue forecast that was announced in May. The Mayor reduced the Library’s operating budget by $4.1 million or 8.9% for FY 2010. City Council, in their deliberations on Friday, further reduced [...]