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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Just what is the role of libraries in the digital age - books? all media? student centers? job centers? tax centers? community centers? or all of it? And if it's all of it, then shouldn't the separate government agencies that currently perform these functions be combined to better utilize tax dollars?
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Responding to the op ed, I think that such a large tax increase, in this economy, for this purpose, is absurd.
This being said, there is certainly a danger in this digital age to do away with libraries. However, some libraries house important historical documents. It is important that these be maintained. I envision them becoming more like museums than like libraries as we currently known them.
By the way, are there really such things as student centers and job centers. When I was a student I never spent any time in the former, and the latter never helped me find work.