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31 January 2007 - The Public Library in the Political Process
Conversation starter
20050331.Public
Libraries pack a powerful $$ punch.OCLC.Tom Storey
Today's public libraries are more than technology centers, book
repositories, quiet reading spaces, coffee shops or busy community centers. They
are engines that pump millions of dollars into local and state economies.
Discussion themes
- Do Garceau's observations have validity today, over a half century after
he wrote them?
- Why were the results of the Public Library Inquiry relegated to the
history shelves?
- Were they invalid?
- Or did they reveal things about the situation that people just
didn't want to have to confront?
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