'Considerable financial challenges' for NI Libraries means no new books and reduced opening hours.
make significant savingsLibraries NI is responsible for 96 branch libraries across Northern Ireland, as well as services like mobile libraries.
According to Libraries NI, the budget to run the library service has fallen by about £1.75m since 2022/23 as costs have risen. But the board heard that the book-buying budget for 2023/24 was "an allocation of £0.26m which would result in insufficient funds to purchase books for the library service during 2023/24".
In response, a spokesperson said that "the funding deficit is causing considerable financial challenges for Libraries NI"."For this year, at this stage, Libraries NI is only able to cover existing subscriptions and no new book stock can be purchased.
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