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Libraries serve the underprivileged first. A person with a home computer and ereader probably does not fit that profile. With the budget cuts they are trying to save computer access to the public. Online databases and interlibrary loans are next priorities.
In my state all internet access is provided by state funding and grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Foundation provided a grant for 2011 fiscal year but the State reduced their funding by 60%. Cuts will be made and announced in August.
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