Community leaders and members showed their support for the Holmesburg Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia last week. Holmesburg is one of 10 express libraries already in Philadelphia with no accredited librarians and four-hour days.
“What does is say about our state and our city if we put funding libraries way down on our priorities list?” Stack asked. “Sometimes there is just no place where a kid can get the kind of focus and study and the resources and the learning ability that can happen in the libraries.”
More here from the News Gleaner. Another rally is scheduled for today.
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