On the heels of President Bush’s declaration that the “state of our union is strong,” State Librarian Susan Hildreth spoke in Stockton on Wednesday evening about the health of the California public library system.
And the prognosis could be much better, Hildreth said.
According to the organization Californians for Literacy & Community Libraries, “extraordinary population growth, combined with local government budget shortfalls” have left many local libraries struggling to provide services.
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