Last week, I, and others blogged about the proposed elemination of the genealogy department of the Indiana State Library. Since about that time, folks have created quite an uproar. The following is just a teaser from a good article by Frank Phillips, a Times reporter, posted in the Feb. 10, 2015 edition of the Brazil Times.
Gov. Mike Pence’s plan to save money by eliminating the genealogy department of the Indiana State Library is drawing the ire of, not surprisingly, genealogists.
Pence has proposed cutting $400,000 from the state budget through the elimination of the department. He has proposed cutting INSPIRE ($1.3 million) and Public Library Standards & Certification ($150,000) also.
INSPIRE is an online research tool available to residents across Indiana.
Meanwhile, about $55 million has been allotted for the state’s bicentennial celebration next year.
Jill Scarbrough, director of the Brazil Public Library, doesn’t understand why the governor wants to cut spending for the state library.
“I don’t see how that can be an option,” she said. “People from all over the world go there for information.”
