Jessamyn on Nostr: "[W]hy why why do libraries have to mobilize each year to get basic funding & have ...

"[W]hy why why do libraries have to mobilize each year to get basic funding & have their financial stability become a political fight? They should be spending time & resources on library services & not have to wage public campaigns to keep the lights on"

Quote from Twitter, but longer article about NYCs budget restoring funding to the city's #libraries

Many people worked on this, Urban Librarians Unite are the ones I've been most familiar with

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/nyregion/nyc-budget-culture-libraries.html

https://urbanlibrariansunite.org/