The Tuscaloosa Public Library will decrease summer reading, books and materials purchases and enact a hiring freeze on Dec. 1 because of budget cuts. Executive Director Jennifer Pearson said the city of Northport hasn't agreed to a funding solution.
Tuscaloosa Public Library board will reduce programming, cut operating hours and enact a hiring freeze on Dec. 1 due to budget cuts, according to a statement sent by executive director Jennifer Pearson.
According to the press release, the Brown Branch on Bobby Miller Parkway will close in 2024, and the Brown Branch, along with the main library’s hours, will change in December prior to that closure. TPL will discontinue the eBook and audiobook collection Overdrive/Libby, which holds over 40,000 digital titles, including 13,000 for Tuscaloosa City and County students. Students have had access to it for the last four years.
TPL will purchase three book vending machines throughout the county using American Rescue Plan Act funding, including one in the Bobby Miller Para Center before the center closes Feb. 2, 2024.
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