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Libraries Fight Municipal Budget Squeeze Across Cities
Public libraries face budget cuts yet see rising patron use as cities trim book funds and staff. El Paso Los Angeles Philadelphia New Orleans Boston Cleveland and others reduce hours close branches or raise costs while patrons seek more services and federal support.
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N.Y. Times News Service
New York
el Paso Public Library
Los Angeles
Central Library
M. Eugene Wright Jr
Alan Clark
Albuquerque
N.M
Ervin Gaines
Cleveland
America
Gaines
Margarita Cano
Miami
Joyce Doyle
New Jersey Library Assn
Boston
National Endowment For the Humanities
John Wayne Smith
New York City
New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue
Detroit
California