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THE Rappahannock Library has been declared a unique case among all state libraries by the Virginia State Library Association. Mrs. Mary Jamieson told the Supervisors last Thursday. Mrs. Jamieson, on behalf of the Library Board, requested that $4500 of the county budget be set aside for the library.
“As of July 1, 1974, all libraries in the Virginia library system must be open to th& public at least 40 hours a week or lose their membership and thereby their state and federal funding,” she said. Mrs. Jamieson said the Rappahannock Library, which is open only 30 hours a week, will be treated as an exception and remain entitled to federal and state money.
“This has come through the special efforts of attorney Carroll Kem Shakelford, friend of Rappahannock County and a former president of the Virginia State Library Association.”
Rappahannock was given special consideration due to a steady increase in library use since 1966, Mrs. Jamieson said. “The increase during the 1971 to 1973 period was an impressive 47%. According to our figures for the first three months of 1974, if projected to the end of the year, will mean an increase of 92% over 1973 readership,” she said. “Around 1500 county residents use the library during a year.”
THOUGH the special status enables Rappahannock to continue receiving state and federal money, Mrs. Jamieson said this was not
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