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Checked Out
Seattle Public Library closed for a week this summer. Here’s why you should give a shhhh.
$1 million
Seattle Public Library budget cut for 2009 to help fill a $43 million city deficit
$655,000
Amount saved by shutting down the Seattle Public Library for a week in September
$350,000
Amount Seattle Public Library has left to save before the end of the year
$8 million
Budget cut from Philadelphia city libraries to address $2 billion state deficit
$1 million
Cut from the Oregon Historical Society, reducing its research library hours to three afternoons a week
$8.4 million
Cut from the Dallas Public Library, including 89 cut positions
$2.8 million
Proposed Seattle Public Library budget cut for next year
