Phoenix Library won’t be impacted by government shutdown, director says

Phoenix Public Library will not be impacted by the federal government shutdown, the city’s library services director told a subcommittee Thursday.

Phoenix Public Library does not receive any of its operational budget from the federal government, Erin MacFarlane told the Community Services and Education Subcommittee during its Thursday meeting.

The library system does receive some federal funding through grants, MacFarlane said, but for the grant the library has now, funds have been dispersed.

Phoenix Library Services Erin MacFarlane director poses for a photo with a book in a library aisle. (Courtesy Phoenix Public Library)

“We do not expect to see any impact at all at the library from the federal shutdown,” MacFarlane said.

Subcommittee chair Kesha Hodge Washington was glad to hear