It's the last week of the MCNY semester and as a result I'm hopelessly backed up with cataloging and processing books, not to mention all the writing projects that are constantly being moved to one side. That includes a fair amount of material I keep for blogging, but at least that stuff is saved as drafts in my Typepad account.
Anyway, I came across this some time ago and thought it deserved a bit of eyeball exposure:
Fort Worth, you leave me speechless. You’re certainly correct about one thing. The public library is indeed an institution that has not kept up with the times. But given what has happened to our times, why do you see that as unhealthy? In an age of greed and selfishness, the public library stands as an enduring monument to the values of cooperation and sharing. In an age where global corporations stride the earth, the public library remains firmly rooted in the local community. In an age of widespread cynicism and distrust of government, the 100 percent tax supported public library has virtually unanimous and enthusiastic support.
This is not the time to take the word “public” out of the public library. It is time to put it in capitals.
This is the best public policy rant I have read in a loooong time, and here it is, courtesy of David Morris, by way of On The Commons. Enjoy!
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