I am going to deviate a bit from social networking and just express my concern pertaining to a few articles in our local newspaper. In the past 2 weeks or so, I have seen 2 or 3 articles concerning cuts in libraries, staff reductions, lay offs and even the closing of some small public libraries in R.I. I realize this is a very hard time for many cities and towns. Budgets are stretched to the max as well as every dollar being scrutinized to the extreme, however I do not understand why libraries are always one of the hardest hit " community needed facilities" that suffer.
The following quote was in the article and I think it makes the entire situation so clear--
Not to take anything away from Fox News, but as Walter Cronkite said: “Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.”Hopefully things will change for the library world soon.
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