Pennsylvania Citizens for Better Libraries

SUBJECT:     2006-07 Library Appropriations
TO:              Interested Parties
FROM:          M. Clare Zales
                     Deputy Secretary and Commissioner for Libraries
                     Pennsylvania Department of Education

The 2006-07 budget as enacted on July 2, 2006 includes the following:

Appropriation	2005-2006	2006-2007	% Change
Public Library Subsidy (State Aid to Public Libraries)	$61,362,000	$75,500,000	+23.0%
Library Services for Visually Impaired & Disabled	$ 2,965,000	$ 2,965,000	-0-
Library Access (Statewide Library Card, Interlibrary Delivery, and POWER Library)	$ 7,386,000	$ 7,386,000	-0-
School Library Catalog (ACCESS PA Database)	$ 3,842,000	$ 3,842,000	-0-
State Library Operations	$ 4,336,000	$ 4,534,000	+4.6%
Other Appropriations of Interest to Libraries:
Adult & Family Literacy	$18,534,000	$18,534,000	-0-