Someone asked me the other day whether the public library is "dead" - less people visit the local public library. Yap! Most people requested their materials via the library online systems and do not have PHYSICALLY in the library to look for reading materials. Well we have to remember that the local public library provides some services that users cannot get via "online" such as library programs, storytime, computer classes, book discussion groups.
I won't say that the public library is "dead" - it is just the role of library has changed from "ownership" to access. Yet there are so many services that library users still need to be physically at the library. The public library is a place of "gathering" for the community.
There is one thing that has certainly changed at the public library - librarians do not say "shhh" anymore.
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