Once state and federal funding are lost the impact will be felt by all residents:
- Access to electronic databases such as RefUSA and EBSCO will cease
- Statewide interlibrary loan and delivery of library materials will cease
- Libraries will lose 50% of state aid at a time when demand for services is increasing dramatically
- More than half of public libraries will lose access to the Internet
- Many libraries will lose email service
- Many libraries will lose their websites or access to them
- The Talking Book and Braille Center (known as the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) will close
- Group contracts which bring down the cost of other electronic resources purchased by libraries will cease

At the same time the state is eliminating funding for library programs. Assemblyman John DiMaio has introduced A2555 which eliminates the minimum local funding requirement for municipal public libraries.

This assault on libraries must be stopped! Here is what you need to know:

170,000 people enter a NJ library every day

The $10 million in library programs cut from the Governor's budget represent little more than $1 per capita in state funds.

Library programs have been flat funded for 20 years so it is hard to believe these small programs have caused the state's current fiscal crisis.

Local library funding targeted in A2555 typically represents less than 3% of local property taxes.

Become a Library Champion at http://www.ilovenjlibraries.org/

Join the Facebook group Save NJ Libraries and check for updates on our efforts.

Call or send a message to the Governor (609) 292-6000, your State Senator and Assembly representatives opposing the elimination of funding for library programs and A2555. http://capwiz.com/ala/nj/home/