😥😥😥

So sorry about the staff loss.  And sorry to lose Saturday and Monday
because I come from out of town and it is hard to come mid week.

On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Deal, John (LVA) <
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> The reading rooms of the Library of Virginia will be closed on Saturdays
> and Mondays starting November 14, 2016. The move is a result of the drop in
> recent revenue projections, which led to Governor McAuliffe reducing the
> operating budgets for executive agencies by 5 percent for the current
> fiscal year. The Library had no option but to turn to staff cuts to absorb
> the 5 percent operating budget reduction. With the loss of 18 employees,
> the Library is unable to keep the reading rooms open six days a week.
> Effective November 14, 2016, the reading rooms will be open Tuesday through
> Friday from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM.
>
> "The decision to close the reading rooms was made reluctantly but
> providing effective service on Saturdays and Mondays for patrons without
> adequate human resources was no longer possible. Since the Governor's
> announcement of the staff reductions at the Library of Virginia I and other
> members of the Library Board have been contacted by members of the general
> public who are very upset about these staff reductions," said R. Chambliss
> Light, Jr., chairman of the Library Board.
>
> Librarian of Virginia Sandra G. Treadway said, "Closing on Saturdays and
> Mondays is necessary because of the loss of 12 full time and 6 part time
> employees. Suspending our Saturday hours and closing our reading rooms on
> Mondays is heartbreaking for us, but is necessary. It will make it
> difficult for citizens who do research in the Library's unique holdings;
> however, we will continue to offer our constituents alternative avenues to
> information. When the Library is not open, citizens can still access
> numerous reference and research resources through the Library's main
> website (www.lva.virginia.gov) and also via Virginia Memory (
> www.lva.virginiamemory.com)<http://www.lva.virginiamemory.com)>."
>
> Other service areas will also be affected. It will take longer, for
> example, to fill orders for digital images of material in the collections.
> Training for state and local records officers will be offered less
> frequently, and response times for records management-related questions may
> be extended. Moreover, it will take longer to provide access to new
> collections, and the Library's ability to offer programming will be
> diminished.
>
> The agency will remain open from Monday through Friday. Full-time public
> service staff will continue to respond to mail, email, and telephone
> requests and will pull materials to fulfill research, photocopying, and
> digitization requests. This work will primarily be done on Mondays, since
> there is not sufficient staff coverage to complete this work when the
> reading rooms are open to the public.
>
> If you would like more information about the Library, please visit our
> website, www.lva.virginia.gov.
>
>
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