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Mmm, I think that there is a place for libraries here in the UK.
In many areas they have already taken the place of community centres as a place for local information, they have always been an educational resource, a way for the 'poor' to be kept informed with events around the world (either by book, newspaper or periodical), an access point for the new 'IT age', latterly a supplier of ebooks/audio books, supplies for the blind/deaf/etc.
Libraries can no longer simply supply printed books, but its been a while since they have simply supplied printed books. So long as they keep on adapting to the current need of the populace theres unlikely to be a shortage of need, although there could be a shortage of provision.
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