The Friends Support the Library's 2010-11 Budget
Take action now!
- Come to the public hearings to show your support!
- Call, write, or e-mail your elected officials. Click here for a sample letter to get you started.
- Write a letter to the editor.
- Join the Friends of the Library
Responses from our Postcard Campaign
Book Budget History
This graph shows the dramatic reduction CRRL's book budget has sustained through the past few years. Click on the graph for a larger version.
CRRL Budget Cuts
If you…
- are finding fewer books to choose
- are waiting longer for your holds
- are missing your favorite magazines
- can no longer access library databases
- are waiting longer in line to receive answers
- have fewer library programs to attend
- are waiting longer in line for computers
- are experiencing cutbacks in library services to schools
What can you do about it?
The Friends urge you to support full funding for the many services and resources at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library. These funds will restore the book budget, and allow the library to staff and operate the new England Run branch. Call, write, or email your local elected officials and ask them to support full funding for the library’s FY2010-11 budget!
Help the CRRL Remain Virginia's #1 Library!
| Registered patrons | 184,054 |
| FTE staff | 129.45 |
| Full-time staff positions lost '09/'10 | 13 |
| Ratio of patrons to staff | 2,185:1 |
| Items circulated | 8,141,675 |
| Questions answered | 795,083 |
| Library visits | 2,366,266 |
| Computers checked out | 182,502 |
| Items in collection | 635,771 |
| Book Budget in FY'08 | $1,250,063 |
| Book Budget this year | $722,400 |
| Staff Raises last 2 years | $0 |
My childhood library was small enough not to be intimidating. And yet I felt the whole world was contained in those two rooms. I could walk any aisle and smell wisdom.
-Rita Dove