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Recent Library News
September 23, 2008 12:33 PM | Advocacy, ReportsAurora Jacobsen, Information Services Librarian
I've read a number of articles lately about how as library budgets have decreased, library use has increased. One of the best articles about the topic appeared Monday in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. Not only does it summarize some of the recent press, it does a good job of explaining exactly what the author gets for the $35 a year she gives the library in taxes and how she feels the value she receives far exceeds that amount.
A bit earlier this month was a report titled "Why Public Libraries Close" was released by Christie M. Koontz , Dean K. Jue and Bradley Wade Bishop of Florida State University and released through WebJunction. It's generating attention and comments on various library blogs and generating some good discussion.
