I am probably not the first person to utter the following phrase, but it is something that we may hear more of in the next year or so. And it is the epitomy of a Catch-22 situation.
When times turn tough, people turn to the library.
The newspapers are full of stories of libraries battling closure in the United States of America and budgets being slashed in libraries around the world as Councils and Regional authorities are forced to make tough decisions and where ratepayers dollars go. However in previous economic downturns, the library's popularity and patronage increased. As I said, Catch-22.
A discussion on this subject made it to the editorial pages of the New Zealand Listener last week. If you would like to read the full article go to Take it as Read from the Listener website.
And support your library.
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