Libraries stay open, but changes are still underway

    January 6, 2009

    By: Tom MacDonald

    The Nutter administration lost its effort in court to defend closure of 11 city library branches. Now the Mayor is making widespread changes in the library system to save money in the faltering budget. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports.

    By: Tom MacDonald
    tmacdonald@whyy.org

    The Nutter administration lost its effort in court to defend closure of 11 city library branches. Now the Mayor is making widespread changes in the library system to save money in the faltering budget. WHYY’s Tom MacDonald reports. [audio: reports20090106libraries.mp3]

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