This is a great, although brief article on how threatened public libraries are, especially within the context of state budgets being cut back to the bone. The article was in The Los Angeles Times: http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/06/opinion/la-oe-johnson-libraries-20100706. It was written by Marilyn Johnson, who most recently wrote This Book is Overdue!
In her article, Johnson writes that "Those in cities that haven't preserved their libraries, those less fortunate and baffled by technology, and our children will be the first to suffer. But sooner or later, we'll all feel the loss as one of the most effective levelers of privilege and avenues of reinvention — one of the great engines of democracy — begins to disappear." I don't think this is an exaggeration...the next few years will be crucial for the survival of public libraries.
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