▁from ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁advoc acy ▁or ▁ins u fficient ▁support . ▁ ▁Lincoln ▁Library ▁In ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁faced ▁with ▁a ▁large ▁def ic it ▁to ▁the ▁city ▁budget , ▁Mayor ▁Tim ▁Dav lin ▁of ▁Spring field , ▁Illinois ▁began ▁propos ing ▁service ▁cut s ▁to ▁the ▁library , ▁police , ▁and ▁fire fig h ters . ▁ ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁closing ▁branches ▁or ▁the ▁whole ▁library ▁system ▁was ▁discussed ▁to ▁help ▁make ▁up ▁for ▁a ▁$ 7 ▁to ▁$ 9 ▁million ▁def ic it . ▁ ▁Library ▁pat rons ▁quoted ▁in ▁a ▁news ▁article ▁from ▁The ▁State ▁Journal - Register ▁found ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁closing ▁the ▁library ▁“ pre tty ▁awful ” ▁and ▁“ un th ink able ”. ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁same ▁article ▁Bob ▁Do yle , ▁executive ▁director ▁of ▁The ▁Illinois ▁Library ▁Association , ▁stated ▁that ▁library ▁use ▁across ▁the ▁nation ▁had ▁increased ▁by ▁ 2 0 ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁percent ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁re cess ion , ▁indicating ▁the ▁increased ▁need ▁for ▁library ▁services . ▁ ▁The ▁Lincoln ▁Public ▁Library ▁system ▁consisted ▁of ▁a ▁main ▁library ▁and ▁two ▁branches , ▁the ▁S out heast ▁and ▁the ▁West ▁branches . ▁ ▁Between ▁fis cal ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁library ▁had ▁seen ▁an ▁increase ▁in ▁all ▁aspects ▁of ▁library ▁services ▁including ▁a ▁ 1 3 % ▁increase ▁in ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁programs ▁offered ▁and ▁an ▁ 1 8 % ▁increase ▁in