Assembly considers fees to use libraries

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Budget woes have caused
lawmakers in Milwaukee, WI to consider allowing libraries to
charge for some services in order to make up for budget
shortfalls.

\”Patrons checking out materials at libraries throughout the
state could find themselves paying Blockbuster-type rental fees,
under an Assembly-backed measure that could end a century-old
tradition of free access at public libraries\”…\”I\’m picturing a coin-
op library. It boggles the mind,\” said MacPhail, director of the
Racine Public Library. \”That\’s not why I went to library school.\”
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