The Nation - News from May 8, 1986
Librarian of Congress Daniel J. Boorstin said that if recent fund cuts were restored, he would spend the money on acquiring and cataloguing books rather than ending controversial early closings at the library. “We are not a public library. We are a national library,” Boorstin told a joint House-Senate hearing on the Library of Congress. In response to budget cuts, Boorstin virtually eliminated all evening hours, Sundays and holidays. The austerity move prompted almost daily demonstrations at the library, which have resulted in at least 18 arrests for unlawful entry.
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