Tough economic times put libraries on the defensive

Montgomery's libraries have lost about 37 percent of their funding since 2008 — the largest statewide

by Erin Cunningham, Staff Writer

A sign early at the Technology Center earlier this month annouced that the area is closed at the C. Burr Artz Public Library in downtown Frederick. Public libraries around the state have seen their budgets cut in recent years.

Some of Montgomery County's libraries became infested with ants and cockroaches earlier this year when the county cut back on cleaning and vacuuming of the buildings.

The county was able to come up with the money to pay for pest control, according to libraries Director Parker Hamilton, and the bugs are gone.

“Thank goodness,” she said.

But there still is a concern about the sanitation of the buildings, which are being cleaned about three times per week; a year ago they were vacuumed daily, Hamilton said

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