There was none. State Library Report Kendall Wiggin reported that the State Library has a budget. We received CLSU funding and additional funding for construction. The funding for the Digital Library is going is as regular budget item for next year. The Department of Higher Education would like to add more priority schools to the list.
State spending is at the constitutional spending cap.
It was difficult to replace positions, but we have hired a law librarian and two reference librarians for the additional hours that the library will be open. We are waiting for the ConnectiCar budget and are also looking at privatization. One hundred sixty nine towns are complying with the historical funds. We will have preservation workshops for the libraries. Ken is working with the Humanities Council for funding for public libraries and historical libraries to establish grants for preservation and digitization.