What this blog post DOESN& #39;T SAY:

They permanently laid off a huge chunk of their staff, especially in Youth Services.

Adult services librarians will now be serving youth. Because apparently that doesn& #39;t take different training and skills. https://cincinnatilibrary.org/blogs/post/downtown-main-library-services/">https://cincinnatilibrary.org/blogs/pos...

Long story short: @cincylibrary permanently laid off several staff members and completely devalues the education and skills that go into competently serving youth.

Libraries are making hard decisions, but this is so short-sighted.

And here& #39;s the thing, they know this will be very bad in the long run, otherwise they wouldn& #39;t have sugarcoated it like this. They could have been honest about budget and what they& #39;ve had to to, but they spun it like this instead. Way to squander institutional trust.