Why is the library dropping subscriptions to popular magazines?
Q My concern was that the library was dropping their subscription to the “Army Times,” which I figure is a well-read publication there at the library. I also would like to say that the library staff is doing an outstanding job. Another thing that I was reading in the “Army Times” is that some commissaries are going to self-checkout. I was wondering if the commissary here was considering going to self-checkout lines? A Due to a decrease in funding, the library was unable to renew several subscriptions they have carried in the past. While keeping the “Air Force Times,” they did not continue the other “Times” publications. The Air Force Library Agency directed that such subscriptions were not to be renewed. Our library used all its allotted funds on other required and high-use periodicals. Magazine and newspaper subscriptions are being cut at our Air Force libraries by all commands, both for official office accounts and base libraries. Future budgets will not increase and we do not forese
