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Originally Posted by twobits
So guess I have a strong bias towards libraries having good reference/research collections that may not be commonly needed, but are hard to duplicate quickly privately. To me the supplying of books like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo that are popular, but cheaply available are the waste of the tax dollars, even though they do lead to high utilization rates it seems.
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Libraries now offer online databases to help with research. Evidently, it is more affordable than the print versions.
With limited budgets libraries are forced to make tough choices.