The article is about the St. Johnsbury Ataenaeum layoffs spur weekend public forum. The St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is significant because of its construction, the American landscape paintings and books from its original role as a public library.Now their was nearly 40 layoffs were given in and around for the residents which includes 11 library staffs of the St. Johnsbury Ataenaeum .