A state program that allows libraries to borrow books from each other is on hold until August, after which, the State Library of Iowa will scale back deliveries and pickups of interlibrary loans from twice a week to just once.
Shenandoah Public Library director Carrie Falk says in the past year, her library received more than 400 books and sent out another 500, so this change due to federal budget uncertainty -will- have an impact.
“It’s just going to slow some stuff down, and we’re all going to have to learn to have a little bit more patience, and it’s going to take a little bit longer to get things,” Falk says, “but I don’t see that it would change a lot, other than the length of time it’s going to take to get stuff in.”…