Budget Cuts at ALA

From American Libraries Direct

$1.6-million shortfall forces staff cuts, furloughs

Unit managers heard it the morning of March 25 for the first time as a group, when ALA Executive Director Keith Michael Fiels announced that the Association would attempt to close a projected $1.6-million shortfall in the FY2009 budget by, among other things, eliminating 10 staff positions and imposing a three-day unpaid furlough and other vacation rules on remaining staff to save a targeted $500,000 by the end of the fiscal year, August 31. Fiels hopes the Association can fill the remaining gap by tapping into ALA reserves.... AL Inside Scoop, Mar. 25