It was good news and not-so-good news last week for library advocates. One D.C. Council committee voted to provide more money in 2013 to the D.C. Public Library system, halting years of underfunding. Unfortunately, another committee’s aid to school libraries didn’t go far enough.

Councilman Tommy Wells’ Committee on Libraries, Parks, Recreation and Planning approved an additional $6 million for DCPL — most of it for books and other materials in existing and new facilities. Since 2008, the DCPL has suffered a 58 percent cut in its acquisitions budget.

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