Click on the links below to view news stories, editorials, and columns concerning the proposed cuts to state library funding.  These certainly make evident the importance of public libraries in the communities that they serve.

• "Budget Backlash" - The Columbus Dispatch
• "Libraries Needing Support" - Zanesville Times Recorder
• "Spare Libraries the Budget Ax" - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• "Tell Governor Strickland that Public Libraries are Needed Now More Than Ever" - The Cleveland Plain Dealer
• "Local Library Director: Closings Are Inevitable" - NBC4
• "Libraries Across Ohio Threatened by Cuts" - WBNS 10TV
• "Library Funding" - ABC6