May. 24, 2010 at 1:47pm Impact of This Year's Budget Cut

Library Staff recently had to cut 28% of our serials budget or a total of 62 titles.  Users will start seeing fewer titles this summer, as the renewal dates end in June. 

 

As you might recall, the Puyallup Library took a $125,000 budget reduction this year and our materials were cut by 30%.  Since this cut was made in February, we continue to buy fewer books and we often send our users to other libraries for materials that we are unable to afford to purchase this year. 

Now it is time to renew our magazines, which has also taken a 30% budget cut.  It was very difficult for the librarians to determine the magazines to eliminate from the collection.  In order to be good stewards of the public dollars, we based our decisions on:  cost per use, numbers of times the item was used, whether we had a similar title in a subject area, and if a magazine  broadened the range of interests represented in our collection. 

The decisions were very difficult and painful to make.  Below are the titles we have not renewed.

Magazines not renewed

 

Atlantic Monthly

Backpacker

Bark

Barrons

Bee Culture

Bookmarks

Car Craft

Christianity Today

Dog Fancy

Dwell

E: The Environmental Magazine

Ebony

Economist

Entrepreneur

Essence

Family Chronicle

Food and Wine

Garden Design

Golf Digest

Home Education

In these times

Knit n Style

Koreana

Lowrider

Make

Morningstar Fund Investor

Morningstar Stock Investor

Motor Trend

Motorcyclist

Northwest Travel

Parentlife

Parents

Permaculture Activist

Plane and Pilot

Popular Photography

Popular Science

Prevention

Redbook

Renovation Style

Road and Track

Saturday Evening Post

Scientific American

Seasons by Rebecca

Shape

Sky and Telescope

Smart Money

Tattoo

Value Line

Writer

Yes

Z Magazine

 Chicos

Cousteau Kids

Brain Child

Parenting School years

Cicada

Nylon Guys

Mailbox-Kinder

Kovels on Antiques

Real Change

Library Hotline

School Library Journal

We encourage our users to let your City Council know how library budget cuts impact you.  Either write your representative or tell them at a City Council meeting during the Public Comment portion of the meeting .  Check this link to find out when the next Council meeting will be held.  If you have any questions, feel free to call me at 253.841.5452

http://www.cityofpuyallup.org/files/library/97a408dd3f76b1fd.pdf