1/31/2003
thanks, but no thanks
FSU decided that getting 10 miles of library materials without money to store or care for it (or hire more staff) didn't sound like such a good idea and turned down a state plan to close the state library and ship it FSU.
FSU president TK Wetherell, who knows a little about budget negotiations, says, "We're not playing a game. We're out of it."
+BONUS FLA. LIBRARY FACTOID -- Florida matches 8.2 cents for every local dollar spent on libraries, down from 10.5 cents in 2001, according to the Florida Library Association.
Meanwhile, Doug Marlette runs a cartoon on the library closure.
And the Orlando Sentinel runs an op-ed piece by Jerrell Shofner, a history prof at UCF.
FSU president TK Wetherell, who knows a little about budget negotiations, says, "We're not playing a game. We're out of it."
+BONUS FLA. LIBRARY FACTOID -- Florida matches 8.2 cents for every local dollar spent on libraries, down from 10.5 cents in 2001, according to the Florida Library Association.
Meanwhile, Doug Marlette runs a cartoon on the library closure.
And the Orlando Sentinel runs an op-ed piece by Jerrell Shofner, a history prof at UCF.
