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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
Whether or not they are getting county money you would have to research for yourself. I've never heard of any public libraries getting state or federal funds.
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In Pennsylvania most public libraries get state money. The state money was cut back last year, but it's still there. PA has an ILL like thing that all of the libraries that get state money are part of as well as reciprocal borrowing between the libraries. By showing a member library card I can get a card for any other library that's a member. There are some libraries that aren't members. Allegheny county has something similar where almost all libraries in the county are members of the Allegheny Library Association and have a unified catalog. I can borrow books from any library in the county and go pick them up at whatever library I choose. All ILL requests for the county are handled by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh at Oakland.
Greg Weeks