Library’s Public Value Expands in an Increasingly Privatized World [nonprofitquarterly.org]
In its latest issue, the New York Review of Books features a defense of the public library by Sue Halpern. As NPQ has regularly noted, the demise of the library has been regularly predicted , and yet its importance has instead increased . Those expecting to see decline focused on the rise of electronic alternatives to books. Of course, libraries have become repositories of electronic materials as well. But that is not the only reason why libraries remain critical. Rather, the reason for the...