Will the inter-library loan program still continue? While this does not
cover all situations, it is a great help !
Carole in Maryland
>> On Nov 2, 2016, at 3:13 PM, "Deal, John (LVA)"
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>>
>> Thank you for expressing your concern about the Library of Virginia's
closing its reading rooms on Saturdays and Mondays. As I am sure you can
understand the choices facing the Library to comply with the 5 percent cut in
its operating budget for the current fiscal year were not easy. Because the
Library has little discretionary funding, the reduction had to come from
salaries. And, it is important to know that cuts were taken from throughout
the Library, not just from reading room staff.
>>
>> The decision to close the reading rooms on Saturdays and Mondays was
not made lightly. The Code of Virginia mandates that the Library of Virginia
be open for such days and hours each day as may be prescribed for other
state agencies at the seat of government which is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday
-Friday.
>>
>> That being said we are charged with the prudent and wise use of limited
resources. A sampling of the usage of our resources and visitation to the
Library's reading rooms shows that Mondays and Saturdays generally had
lower resource usage and the lowest visitation in the reading rooms, with
Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays having the highest. Beyond that we also see
our support for research and researchers as more holistic than just access
to collections in the reading rooms. We have to think about maintaining our
online resources, which are expensive but are very popular and heavily
used; processing archival materials to address a huge backlog of accessioned
records that are not yet available to users; and digitizing state and local
records to make them more widely available. All of those are areas we have
cut heavily in recent years and to do so again now would also have an
adverse effect on the research community.
>>
>> Please know that we will share your concerns with the administration
and members of the General Assembly so that if the state's funding situation
eases, the Library might be able to receive financial assistance to restore
our reading room hours.
>>
>> Jan Hathcock
>> Public Information & Policy Coordinator
>> Library of Virginia
>>
>>
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