More from the California budget front - the Oakland Tribune ran this story about Governor Davis's plan to impose user fees for public library services. Basically, this means borrowing from your own library will continue to be free, but charges may be imposed for materials not owned by your library, and requested for you from another library system.

Here's a snippet: "To help ease what library officials said would be "devastating" cuts to library staffs and hours, Davis has asked lawmakers to approve legislation allowing libraries "to charge user fees to cover administrative costs associated with providing direct or inter-library loans of materials."