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Originally Posted by Sydney's Mom
Libraries are in a fight for their lives in the current age.
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That's not true for all areas, though. My county just celebrated a ribbon-cutting for a brand new library and none have cut hours or closed that I know of.
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I am willing to continue to fund the library, especially the physical building, so long as the library continues to have relevance to me. I am not willing to continue to fund the library at the current amount ($500/year) if it stops being of any relevance to me.
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If a portion of your property taxes go to funding your library system, its relevance to you doesn't much matter.
We pay fairly hefty property tax on two homes in my state, a large portion of which goes to funding the public schools. We don't have school-age children, but I don't begrudge paying for schools just because they have no relevance to me personally.
Besides, while I think it's an interesting discussion, I also think it's a moot point in thinking that libraries will start charging for any of their services. There are many, many other ways to raise funds and generally, many, many interested parties that will see that it gets done.