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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The overwhelming majority of people learn to read in schools. Students spend hour after hour, day after day, year after year in schools learning to read. Libraries do not provide mandatory literacy instruction, they do not test students for literacy aptitude and improvements.
This is a good thing for libraries to do, but the fact remains that they are an adjunct to literacy training, not its primary provider.
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Substitute 'synergy' for 'adjunct'. It's pointless to train people to read and not provide anything for them to read. You can train someone in a skill, any skill, but if it's not USED, it's worthless.
A literate society needs both good schools and well-stocked libraries.