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In my city we have a community college and city library sharing a location and funding, the first new library location in 20 years. In general I would say that the computers get more use than the books. My cable was interrupted (critters chewed the cable) and I took my laptop to the library to do some work. The dozen or more workstations were constantly busy. Also serious rsearch is very difficult without access to non internet resources. I feel the growing climate attacking goverment supplied services comes from the assumptions people make, that despite steadily reduced resources, if poor service is given, govt. and its (lousy) employees are at fault. This of course is the argument used to further reduce resources. Libraries and other basic service being attacked is proof of the level of economic ignorance and short sighted selfishness rampant in our modern world.
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