The Fragile Future of Public Libraries
Public libraries are in trouble. Slashed budgets, librarian shortages, governmental and social pressure on library collections and policies, even the closing of many public libraries. Meanwhile, library advocates smugly claim that the public library will never go away, and technological futurists assert that public libraries will go the way of the horse and buggy. What are the real challenges and the real dangers? What is merely mirage? If public libraries really are in danger, what can we do to assure a place in the future?
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