Steven sent over a link to This Column on the library closures in Seattle.
Paul Andrews says when Seattle public libraries close for a week next Monday, the closure will have far more chilling implications than a late-summer \”furlough\” might on the surface suggest.
\”If there is a potentially positive side to such draconian measures, it is this: Seattle will find out what it\’s like to live without libraries. For anyone who cares about free access to and exchange of information in a democratic system, the picture is not likely to be pretty.\”
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