Rally for open libraries and stocked shelves
Who: The citizen members of the Toronto Public Library Board and the Writers Union of Canada invite all Toronto residents who value their public libraries as democratic, educational and cultural hubs to join us to support fair taxes.
What: Rally to keep libraries open and books on the shelf
Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street (just north of Bloor)
Why: The Toronto Public Library gets 91% of its funding from the City of Toronto. So as Toronto goes, so does the Library. If the Library is asked to make cuts, the only discretionary fund with enough money in it to cut from is our materials budget (books, CDs, DVDs, etc.) This could mean that the TPL purchases 350,000 fewer materials in 2008. Consequently, patrons would only find the book they are looking for in one of every three trips to the library.
When: Sunday, October 21, 12:00-1:00PM
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