State libraries are not really "sexy," so perhaps when you hear the word "newsworthy" you might not immediately think "state library". But sometimes they hit the media. The Florida State Library was definitely national news last year when Governor Bush planned to save the state some money by transferring the circulating collection of the state library from Tallahassee to Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in Fort Lauderdale. Fortunately, the state legislature did not support the project. Now rumors about a renewed attempt to transfer the Florida State Library to Nova Southeastern University have surfaced again and were published in an editorial by columnist Joe Crankshaw in the January 20 Stuart News. Crankshaw hinted that "people working for Gov. Jeb Bush appear to be raising money privately" to finance the move of the collection to the university and quoted Florida Historical Society Executive Director Nick Wynne as saying that more than half of the $10 million needed for the move has been raised by "private donations to Nova" (American Library Association, 2004).
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