Libraries battle to keep afloat

SunHerald.com Has A Rport On Katrina-whipped libraries, like the Statue of Liberty, welcome the tired, the homeless and the masses of refugees yearning to read free.

Some have become the heart of their destroyed communities, places where people who lost everything can get on the Internet, make telephone calls, get messages or take children for something as normal, yet as precious, as story hour.
What most libraries can’t do, however, is welcome the masses of books that people want to donate right now.