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Originally Posted by NicholasV
This thread is so sad, basically you act like you just discovered your library or something, lol. Are you seriously tracking with a spreadsheet every book you loan out and how much it "saved" you? Do you refer to Camden or Newark?
One of the best things about using the library is that it cuts down on personal book hoarding. Sadly in NJ and likely the rest of the USA libraries have become internet kiosks, homeless shelters and DVD/Bluray rental centers first, with few people browsing the book stacks ever. Often it takes decades for the effects of trends to take full effect, but eventually the government will learn how dead a traditional bookshelf centered library is and give less funding to new book acquisition and also dedicate less floor space.
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Actually, I think its a good thing. We pay a lot of money in taxes and most people just complain about it. Fbone decided to make his money work for him. That's a plus.