Eddie B. sent over A Buffalo News Story that takes a look at the huge (52 branch) Buffalo and Erie County Library system.
Tight budgets and a shrinking population again raise talk of consolidation when just a little more than four years ago, people across Erie County spoke out, in record numbers, to say that they didn\’t want a single public library in the county closed.
\”Look at the population of the city, which has changed dramatically in the past few years. There just aren\’t as many people, and the city still has 15 libraries,\” said Mahaney, the director. \”In Topeka, Kan., a city half the size of Buffalo, you know how many libraries they have? One. We have 15.\”
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