Underfunding Our Libraries Almost Lost Us World War II

From Time

The fact is that the health of the nation%u2019s libraries is a national security issue. We learned this lesson once, and profoundly, during World War II. The story of how underinvesting in our libraries almost lost us the war is worth retelling%u2014especially because what we%u2019re losing by cutting back on acquisitions%u2014or, worse, digitizing and then throwing out archives%u2014is exactly what we had to send spies to acquire overseas during that war.

September 26, 2024 by Libraries

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