Quote:
Originally Posted by leebase
And public libraries are charity.
|
Again, this is completely wrong. Do you actually know any qualified librarians who believe this?
Charity: "generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless."
Public libraries are a taxpayer-funded community resource for everyone. Here's the Australian Library & Information Association's statement on public library services; feel free to look up your own local one.
https://www.alia.org.au/about-alia/p...brary-services
Occasionally libraries involve themselves in community charity programmes among their multitude of other programmes - mine right now hosts a collection point for stationery for a project for children escaping domestic violence (run by a group outside the library system) that I'm collecting gear for - but nothing about a public library's core business is charity. It's not run from generous donations, and it's not aimed at the "poor, ill or helpless" (though they are of course included, as is everyone else).