Commissioner Nancy Boxill said she thought the channel was underutilized, but Yancy suspects that the move was prompted by the library's inability to fulfill a recent county request for programming. Financial Irregularities Alleged at St. Tammany Parish Libraries Improper financial oversight by the St. Tammany Parish libraries in Covington, Louisiana, may lead to bad audit reports and a lower parish bond rating, according to the March 24 New Orleans Times Picayune. The library's board cited the purchase of computer equipment without public bids, an unauthorized payment to legal counsel, and staff use of credit cards for book purchases and supplies. Presented by John Ritblat, multimillionaire chairman of British Land, the money will be used to endow the new gallery, which will house many of the library's priceless objects, including the Gutenberg Bible of 1455 and the Magna Carta. The library has been wrestling with the issue of admission charges ever since its government grant was frozen five years ago.
Sources say library officials are still considering charging scholars to use the reading rooms.
The treasures are being moved from the library's former home in the British Museum, and will be displayed together for the first time in one of three large public galleries at St. Pancras, which are scheduled to open April 21. My administration is keeping the state's commitment to the Penn State and Harrisburg communities and will make this dream come true. The city will also donate a downtown block housing a former police station as the site for the project.