The Boston Public Library is still facing unprecedented challenges, as the country's oldest municipally funded library struggles to avoid the closure of four branches. Amy Ryan, the library's director, has been negotiating with the city's elected officials, including Mayor Thomas M. Menino, to see if $372,000 can be found to keep the branches, scheduled to close at the end of March 2011, open until the end of the fiscal year (June 30). "We have talked about the best way to deliver library services to every Bos-tonian," Ryan told LJ. Also, even as the closure debate takes place, the library announced that it will reopen the renovated Brighton branch on December 11. The 22,400 square foot branch has been undergoing a $5 million renovation since January 2009.
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机译：波士顿公共图书馆仍面临着前所未有的挑战，因为该国最古老的市立图书馆努力避免关闭四个分支机构。图书馆馆长艾米·瑞安（Amy Ryan）已与该市当选官员进行谈判，包括市长托马斯·梅尼诺（Thomas M. Menino），以了解是否可以找到37.2万美元来保留这些分支机构，这些分支机构计划于2011年3月底关闭，开放至2007年年底。会计年度（6月30日）。 Ryan告诉LJ：“我们已经讨论了向每个波斯尼亚人提供图书馆服务的最佳方法。”同样，即使关闭辩论正在进行，图书馆也宣布它将在12月11日重新开放装修后的布莱顿分馆。这栋面积为22,400平方英尺的分支自2009年1月以来一直在进行500万美元的翻新。
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