Libraries closing early due to budget cuts is unacceptable - Rachel Pride, Depaaulia Online

On Aug. 14, 2017, an announcement was made in the news section of the University Library website detailing a decrease in the service hours by two hours every day at the John T. Richardson Library and by one hour every day at the Loop Library, effective fall quarter 2017. On Sept. 7, 2017, I started a petition on Change.org to urge DePaul administration to rethink this decision. This petition was then shared hundreds of times on Facebook and signed by over 2,600 DePaul students, alumni, parents and friends. This change in service hours across DePaul’s two main campus libraries comes as a result of the recent budget cuts rippling throughout the university’s programs. http://depauliaonline.com/2017/09/18/closing-time-libraries-closing-early-due-budget-cuts-unacceptable/