Cara Burton of the Eastern Shore Public Library addressed the Northampton County Board of Supervisors, making the case that the library system needs more funding. Burton noted that new technology has led to a decrease in fines and copier income. While the library leverages technology to provide better customer service by alerting patrons of upcoming due dates on borrowed items, that results in less fine income. While the fax service continues to provide revenue, the use of computers has hurt photocopy service fees. Burton provided the following slides detailing the state of the library system:
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Thank you Wayne for posting our dynamic Library Director’s statistics. The Capital Campaign of course remains wide open to all while the Eastern Shore Library Foundation continues to seek additional funding off shore.
They’ve just passed the half way mark for our regional library!
As visitors and summer residents return we’ll certainly welcome their participation.
To stay updated on the progress please visit http://www.shorelibrary.com where also you can donate online. Contributions by mail to P.O. Box 554, Accomac, VA 23301. Thanks again.
Note to Editor: The Head Librarian of the ES Public Library is Cara Burton, not Carol. She is a graduate of Northampton High School and the daughter of the late Dr. William Burton and Dr. Mary Ann Burton!
Note: Thank you, we just fixed it.