Grants Help Libraries Meet Community Needs

Many communities are using grants to support libraries in addressing disparities in the community

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By Bethany Barnes

Las Vegas Review-Journal

North Las Vegas libraries are taking steps to better serve the public, and that doesn’t involve just books. As North Las Vegas scrambled to balance its books to avoid a state takeover, the city’s actual books were imperiled.

Something had to be done about the cash-strapped city’s libraries.

The North Las Vegas Library District met with the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, but the two determined merging wasn’t feasible. But running Nevada’s fourth most populous city without a public library? That struck everyone as absurd.

So the city cut hours, slashed staff and closed its oldest branch in favor of a smaller one inside City Hall — and started asking for help.

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