from Washington State Library:
Find-It! Washington and Find-It! Consumer will be discontinued
"Due to budget cut-backs WSL will be discontinuing the Find-It! Washington and Find-It! Consumer search services effective May 1, 2009. Our license from Google expires then and we will not be able to renew it. We know that some of you depend on Find-It! for finding Washington State government information. We are very sorry that we have to do this, but the financial situation has made necessary many cuts we would not otherwise have contemplated."--Washington State Library
from Kitsap Regional Library:
Popular Online Tutoring Service a Victim of Library Budget Cuts
"Due to budget reductions, Kitsap Regional Library will no longer provide free online tutoring Live Homework Help beginning April 1. The library chain's Live Homework Help service has been helping some 400 students a month in a variety of subjects. But Homework Help costs the library $40,000 a year, and with the KRL already shortening hours and cutting materials, the service was deemed too expensive to continue. "It's gotten a lot of positive comments, but when you have cuts ... this is one thing that we cannot afford," said Carol Schuyler. the library chain's director of support services. The library began offering the service in April 2006. Just eight students used it that first month, but the program grew quickly. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade can access Homework Help between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays from the KRL Web site by using their library card number to get free service. Once on the site, students are connected to a live tutor who can help them do math problems, proofread essays and answer questions. "We are extremely sorry to have to cut it, but in tough budgetary times you have to make choices," Schuyler said. "We didn't feel that we could maintain this service this year.""-- Angela Lu, Friday, March 13, 2009 (Kitsap Sun)
Popular Online Tutoring Service a Victim of Library Budget Cuts
"Due to budget reductions, Kitsap Regional Library will no longer provide free online tutoring Live Homework Help beginning April 1. The library chain's Live Homework Help service has been helping some 400 students a month in a variety of subjects. But Homework Help costs the library $40,000 a year, and with the KRL already shortening hours and cutting materials, the service was deemed too expensive to continue. "It's gotten a lot of positive comments, but when you have cuts ... this is one thing that we cannot afford," said Carol Schuyler. the library chain's director of support services. The library began offering the service in April 2006. Just eight students used it that first month, but the program grew quickly. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade can access Homework Help between 3 p.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays from the KRL Web site by using their library card number to get free service. Once on the site, students are connected to a live tutor who can help them do math problems, proofread essays and answer questions. "We are extremely sorry to have to cut it, but in tough budgetary times you have to make choices," Schuyler said. "We didn't feel that we could maintain this service this year.""-- Angela Lu, Friday, March 13, 2009 (Kitsap Sun)
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