‘Just devastating:’ Sask. libraries struggling with provincial budget cuts
Regional libraries are reeling after having their funding slashed by more than 58 per cent by the province.
“All of us were just completely shocked,” Eleanor Crumblehulme, director of Lakeland Library Region said. “We were definitely anticipating cuts, but at the absolute worst we were thinking it was going to be 10 per cent.”
She said library directors gathered in Regina on Wednesday to receive the budget news from the assistant deputy director of education.
“It’s just devastating,” she said. “We’re all back in our offices now plugging away … trying to figure out what we can do. Are there services we can salvage?”