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LEND YOUR VOICE – SAVE OUR CT LIBRARIES!

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It’s budget season, and the Governor’s proposed budget for FY18 – FY19 contains significant cuts to State Library services. The Governor has proposed:

  • Eliminate funding for borrowIT CT (Connecticard) – $781,820 in cuts each year
  • Annualize last year’s “holdbacks” across other State Library programs, including CLC, researchIT CT, and deliverIT CT – $318,886 in cuts each year
  • In addition, Governor’s House Bill no. 7051, a budget implementation bill, proposes changes to state statutes that could effectively eliminate the borrowIT CT program permanently.

Whether your library is directly affected by the borrowIT CT cuts or not, any cut to any State Library service impacts Connecticut libraries in critical ways. It is vitally important that the library community show their support for all state funded library services NOW, before we get further along in the budget process. We cannot be complacent.

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Shelton Welcomes Our New Library Director

As of May 8, 2017, Mrs. Joan Stokes has taken the reins as Library Director of the Plumb Memorial and Huntington Branch Libraries. She is a Connecticut native, having grown up in Middlebury, where she and her husband still reside.

Joan was the Assistant Head Librarian/Children’s Librarian for many years in Southbury and has also worked at the Oxford Library as Children’s/Teen Librarian, at the Oliver Wolcott Library in Litchfield as a library Consultant, and as an adjunct professor in literature at Southern CT State University. She also served as the State Chairman for the Nutmeg Book Award.

In her free time, Joan enjoys travel and classical music performances and is currently a member of the Connecticut Choral Society. She looks forward to continuing the fine work being done at the Shelton libraries and hopes to meet as many patrons as possible in the near future.

Requesting items from other libraries – update

The state library delivery service has been reorganized and is now bringing requested items to your local library within a few days. Please make your requests and wait for them to arrive as before. Or for faster access, go directly to the owning library if you need the item quickly; your Shelton card is accepted in all CT public libraries. It is wise to call ahead to have the item pulled and put aside for you by the owning library. In most cases, you can then return the items at Plumb Memorial Library or the Huntington Branch.

The new statewide catalog is in the finishing stages and will allow you to search for items across the entire state.  We will keep you posted as to when it is officially up and running and ready for your requests.  If you have any questions, please see a librarian.  Thank you for your continued patience during this transition period!
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