Hawaii Library Funding Cut

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Job Cuts Could 'Permanently Impact' Hawaii’s Struggling Libraries

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Hawaii State Public Library System could lose funding for 37 hard-to-fill positions next year .

The Department of Budget and Finance plans to cut funding in 2025 for all state jobs vacant since 2020 .

Many of the positions at risk were subject to a hiring freeze for two years during the pandemic and haven’t been filled since, in part because of a drawn out process for hiring librarians and other staff members.

The state library only hired three new employees in 2021 , then 49 last year .

Even as hiring surged, more than 90 employees left their jobs or moved to other positions in the library department.

The hiring freeze had noticeable impacts on local libraries, which continued to operate throughout the pandemic by offering pick-up services for books and providing limited Internet and computer access.

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