News Out Of Manchester, England where they say libraries could be transformed into modern hi-tech “village halls” under a 10-year plan to halt the decline in book-borrowing.
The city that pioneered free public book lending is starting a new chapter in its 152-year history with a shake-up of community libraries and longer opening hours.
New Chapter at High Tech Library
Time and time again the idea that the demise of books is around the corner is absurd.
It is amazing that with the abundance of bookstores, retail stores with book selections at discounted prices, drugstores, etc. that people think books are and will be a thing of the past.
People seem to want everything when they want it. They will go to the store and purchase it. They really don’t want to take the time to go to the library, find the book—or heaven forbid find out that the book they wanted is unavailable.