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Originally Posted by l_macd
I'll probably spend more money buying books now, even when e-lending becomes available locally, so on the one hand that's a good thing. Can't see me using my library card again though, and that's clearly not a good thing.
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You will if you ever get into e-lending. They require a valid library card.
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Originally Posted by RHWright
I don't believe this is necessarily the case. School libraries have particular aims. The public library serves the community as a whole. Careful coordination and management of resources reduces unnecessary overlap, in my experience.
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In Sweden larger school libraries very often double as public libraries since 95% of schools are public schools. So they are on school grounds but open to the public (with security doors between the library and the school, for obvious reasons).
That means there is a public library or two in each school district, and then the main city library is the base camp/head quarters that all other libraries work through. It's a good system in that school libraries get more money and resources, and there's a lot more libraries in any town than I've seen since moving. I don't think I ever lived outside walking distance to a library growing up, particularly not while I was going to the junior high school that also had the biggest public library in that part of town.
A side-effect is that everyone who goes to public school has access to big libraries and their resources as well.