The South Carolina State Library is putting many cost savings measures into action to deal with recent budget cuts.
Columbia, SC – The South Carolina State Library is putting many cost savings measures into action to deal with recent budget cuts. The agency has removed printers from staff desks, saving approximately $6,000 on ink, toner, and paper; issued a mandatory 10-day furlough for all staff (equaling $105,004 in state funds saving approximately $178,000 in total funds); placed a hiring freeze on all vacant positions (saving approximately $119,000 in state funds); and is cutting approximately $22,000 in periodicals subscriptions. Additionally, the agency plans to stop printing and mailing its quarterly newsletter, saving approximately $4,000 annually.
State Library Director David Goble said, “We have also had to reduce State Aid to public libraries and reduce funding to Discus, South Carolina’s Virtual Library. However we were able to substitute quality products so we didn’t hurt the core focus of Discus. We are quickly instituting a series of focus groups and questionnaires to examine our core services and begin the process of re-engineering the State Library. We are looking for different perspectives on how we can accomplish our most important services with greater effectiveness or even strike out in new directions.”
The South Carolina State Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. It is the keystone in South Carolina's intellectual landscape. The State Library optimizes South Carolina's investment in library and information services through consortial purchasing programs, statewide library and information programs, research services to state government, consulting services to libraries, as well as library services for the state’s blind and physically handicapped. Headquartered in Columbia, S. C., the State Library is funded by the state of South Carolina and by the federal government through the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
State Library Director David Goble said, “We have also had to reduce State Aid to public libraries and reduce funding to Discus, South Carolina’s Virtual Library. However we were able to substitute quality products so we didn’t hurt the core focus of Discus. We are quickly instituting a series of focus groups and questionnaires to examine our core services and begin the process of re-engineering the State Library. We are looking for different perspectives on how we can accomplish our most important services with greater effectiveness or even strike out in new directions.”
The South Carolina State Library is a national model for innovation, collaboration, leadership and effectiveness. It is the keystone in South Carolina's intellectual landscape. The State Library optimizes South Carolina's investment in library and information services through consortial purchasing programs, statewide library and information programs, research services to state government, consulting services to libraries, as well as library services for the state’s blind and physically handicapped. Headquartered in Columbia, S. C., the State Library is funded by the state of South Carolina and by the federal government through the Library Services and Technology Act administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
