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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
"homework helpers" -- why aren't public schools providing this help?
"PCs and printers" -- why are aren't community centers providing this service?
"resumes and jobs" -- why isn't the unemployment office providing this service?
This is why I refuse to support library bond issues. Libraries aren't schools, community centers, or unemployment offices. I'm all in favor of these services, but I want them done by the proper government agencies and not by libraries. If we're going to continue to blur the lines of responsibility, then we should combine public libraries, public schools, community centers, and unemployment offices into one massive government agency.
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Strange. When I was a child these services were always provided by the library. Admittedly I lived in a county with a great library system.
After school tutoring/homework help was the library, not the school. Teachers already get paid crap, do you really think they are staying behind for
free tutoring? Not hardly.
PCs/Computers - this wasn't a big thing back then as it is now. But access to copiers were available.
Resumes/Jobs - It wasn't there daily but there were programs for people to get resume assistance and job hunting assistance. And seriously: have you ever been inside an unemployment center? They are no more helpful than the DMV. You are a number, not a person.
When I was a child the library system was the heart of the community. The heart. Smaller libraries by schools catered to the young, parents and families. Larger libraries near the "city center" catered more to adults and professional needs.
Our libraries even had summer programs, children programs, theater programs, art...
I have so many fond memories of my time growing up in the library. I wouldn't be the person I am today if my library system was demolished. Some summers I would spend entire days in the stacks. *sigh*