Sentence examples for library financing from inspiring English sources

Presumably appealing for library financing, a woman named Debbie Langsmer wrote to Mr. Vallone's predecessor: "I like books.

While, as you say, the bulk of research library financing comes from private donations, a substantial amount — 21 percent — does come from the city.

Mr. Bloomberg proposes eliminating 6,000 of the city's 80,000 teaching jobs, closing 20 firehouses, cutting library financing by 8 percent, reducing the budget of parks and recreation by 11 percent and closing 100 senior centers and 17,000 child-care spots for children of low-income working parents.

Re "Shortchanging Libraries" (editorial, Feb. 25), opposing the mayor's budget proposal to cut $39 million from library financing: I was heartened to see your recognition that the city's libraries answer the widely varying needs of many different people -- students doing homework, aspiring poets and immigrants learning English.

The auction of a single painting that Mr. Burt left to the library financed most of the $5.7 million library project.

Dozens of the nation's so-called Carnegie libraries — financed by the steel baron Andrew Carnegie and built in the early 1900s — are in New England, and many of the region's other old libraries have landmark status.

This seeks to boost reading, by founding libraries and financing publishers among other things.

By the early 1990's, she had fallen out with a California investor, Leroy Carver III, who claimed she had used money he advanced to the library to finance a new home.

He added that to clear up any questions about the library's finances, the trustees had voted on Nov. 24 to invite the state comptroller's offer to review the records.

From 1952-2008 he was an active member of the Society and served on the following commmittees: Library, Membership, Finance, Assistance, Executive, School, Past Presidents and as Inspector of Elections.

The Durst Organization, which recently gave $4 million to the graduate school and its architecture library, is also financing an annual event where the center will present research.