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The group behind the successful campaign to restore funding to Saskatchewan’s provincial libraries is concerned about the latest move from the provincial government: a ‘consultation’ process to review library funding and service delivery. Save Sask Libraries has confirmed the province is currently reviewing library service delivery, legislation and funding, but the consultations only included appointed library boards, with no public … Read More

Over 4000 Saskatchewan residents attended 72 communities to participate in “Drop Everything and Read” actions to stand up against the devastating library cuts from the provincial government. “Today was an incredible illustration of how deeply people in Saskatchewan care about brick and mortar libraries,” said Christine Freely, founder of Save Saskatchewan Libraries. “Our libraries are vibrant cornerstones in our communities, and … Read More

Let your local MLA know you love your library and say NO to these cuts in funding. Bring a book and read outside their office as a group for 15 minutes. This is intended to take place at your local MLA office all over Saskatchewan. Let the Gov’t know that we love our libraries and the proposed cuts are a … Read More

Yesterday, Saskatchewan libraries announced they were eliminating the interlibrary loan program, which allowed library cardholders to borrow books from library regions across the province, knowns as the One Province, One Card approach.    During question period at the legislative assembly on April 4th, Don Morgan displayed an astonishing level of cognitive dissonance by stating that the provincial interlibrary loan system should … Read More

Saskatchewan has a long history of making phones ring for our community causes.  We all have childhood memories of Bob McGrath encouraging us to “Ring Those Phones!”    The funding cuts in the last provincial budget is putting our regional libraries at risk. We need to take action to ensure these funding cuts are reversed. We need to make sure … Read More

Concerned citizens from across Saskatchewan are standing together to fight back against the Saskatchewan government’s recent cuts to libraries by launching a new campaign, Save Sask Libraries. Since its start as a facebook group on Thursday, over 4,000 people have joined the campaign – and the number keeps growing. Now the group is launching a website (www.savesasklibraries.ca)  which features an … Read More

This past Saturday over 150 people came out for a rally in support of Saskatchewan libraries in downtown Regina. The latest Saskatchewan budget eliminated provincial funding for public libraries in Regina and Saskatoon and cut funding for regional libraries in half, or by $3.5 million. Thousands of Saskatchewan residents have joined the campaign to support our libraries. Over 3,000 people joined … Read More

On April 7 at 12:00 p.m., join us for a province wide action to show our support for libraries.

Let your local MLA know you love your library and say NO to these cuts in funding. Bring a book and read outside their office as a group for 15 minutes.

Yesterday’s budget eliminated provincial funding for public libraries in Regina and Saskatoon and cut funding for regional libraries in half, or by $3.5 million.