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MCPL is a Montgomery County government agency. The current Acting Director of Public Libraries is Angelisa Hawes. [8] The Public Libraries' operating budget is included in the County budget process. The approved operating budget for fiscal year 2025 (July 2024–June 2025) is US$52,847,301.
The Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library, formerly the Silver Spring Library, is part of the Montgomery County Public Libraries System. It opened to the public in 1931 and is currently located at 900 Wayne Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. The library is named for Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who had lived in Montgomery County.
From 2008 to 2010, the Maryland Montgomery County Public Libraries' budget was cut by 30%, from $40 million to $28 million. [124] This led to cuts in hours, staffing, materials, and services. In July 2010, MCPL implemented new hours at all locations. [ 125 ]
The Eugene City Council passed its 2024-25 budget this week in its first meeting in the new City Hall, while facing criticism over library cuts.
At a special called session, the Montgomery County Commissioners set a higher property tax rate and made $9.2 in budget cuts.
The library started with 1,200 items inside the Conroe School Recreation Center in 1946. It was originally maintained by a women's group known as the HUB Club. In 1948 the library became a branch of the Montgomery County government, with an allocated budget of US$25,000. The first librarian was Katherine Ard.
While Montgomery County's public libraries currently have "Colonization and the Wampanoag Story" in fiction sections, the Houston Public Library, the Austin Public Library, the Fort Worth Public ...
A new building was opened in Cooper Park in January 1888. Bookmobile service began in October 1923. In 1948, the library changed in legal form from a school district library to a county district library. In November 1956, the library officially changed its name to the Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library.