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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
There's room for both digital services and full libraries. Budget cuts are forcing system closures lasting a day to a week; and even permanent branch shut downs. To combat this, I'd like to see an expansion of digital services and a consolidation of physical media to fewer physical locations.
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That's how I see it. I was struck by the notion of literacy centers in fast food restaurants as described by Eric Flint in his 1632 series. I can see a 9 year old kid walking into MacDonalds and racing over to the library section to see if they have the latest Goosebumps. I can see an immigrant looking for an easy to read children's book at Wendy's so he/she can practice English. I'm not against libraries where one can find the services of a good librarian, I just think a lot more can be done if people will use their imagination.