From Library Journal:
In response to an anticipated state deficit of $2 billion for FY2009-11, the Hawaii State Public Library System (HSPLS) faces a 20 percent budget cut and has come up with a plan that includes freezing all 67 vacant positions and closing five branches across the 51-branch, state-wide system. Further staff reductions are possible.
The cuts amount to more than $5.7 million, nearly 20 percent of HSPLS’s current budget, according to the Honolulu Advertiser. State Librarian Richard Burns projects that, if HSPLS doesn’t reduce current service hours, the system would operate at a $1 million deficit in 2010.