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[email protected]. Sept. 3,1981 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-SAINT LOUIS Issue 400 UMSL feels crunch Library hour cuts cause concern Lacey Burnette the evening college students the hardest. " Budget cuts have forced Li This year's library budget is Library Budget Comparison brary Director Ronald Krash to 12.8 percent below last year's reduce library hours by 18.9 expenditures. The largest reduc percent. Last year the Thomas tion came in staffing where 1 980-81 1981-82 Difference Jefferson Library was open 87Yl S118,896.80 less was budgeted Expenditures hours a week. Under present for this year than was spent last Budget scheduling the library will be year. -$118,897 open 71 hours a week. The "We couldn't cut personnel Staff $758,628 $639,731 Education Library will also be and we did our best to retain the open only 71 hours a week. services we could," Krash said. "In order to continue to give full Materials $684,924 $ 640,000 - $44,924 "We are at the stage where services -while we are open we .