Library Stuff

AP – “Indiana libraries are delaying repairs, limiting purchases of new material and closing their doors as they bow under the weight of statewide property tax caps and declining revenue. The Johnson County and Greenwood library systems face shortfalls of about 10 percent next year. Edinburgh plans to spend 5 percent less next year. And two branches of the Hammond Public Library system have closed while facing a $1.2 million shortfall. The changes are the latest to hit the state’s libraries, which have been reducing hours, cutting employees and taking other steps to offset the loss of revenue from the tax caps and the struggling economy.”

AP – “A genealogy website run by the Indiana State Library that allows users to explore their family trees has been honored as one of the finest in the nation. Family Tree Magazine recently called the library’s Genealogy Collection as having one of nation’s best state genealogy websites.”