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Started 1 year ago by jeff_r
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clamato

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beesy wrote >>
I don't have a problem supporting the library for what should be it's core mission of providing/lending books, and it sounds like most people don't. However, when the local libraries have turned a major part of their floor spaces into a "free" blockbuster, record store, and/or internet cafe, I do have a problem supporting it. If they want to offer these "premium" types services that is great, however generate some revenue from them. It seems their recent financial wows have not prevented them from purchasing at least 129 copies of Iron Man 2.

I do have to say that some of this stuff seems to be more about juicing their circulation numbers rather than promoting literacy.

Posted 1 year ago #
hugh59
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I voted for the levy, but I am about as hard core an anti-tax conservative as you will find. I am not happy when I see the library dispose of classic books in order to have shelf space for hundreds of copies of new best sellers. And I agree with the sentiment that libraries should not be free video stores (though I occasionally check out movies). I would hope that a library would be a place where you could find content that is not available at bookstores or at Blockbuster.

Still, I see a public library as a core function for our modern government.

Posted 1 year ago #
chaptal
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@beesy
I am going to hazard a guess and say that overdue fines from movies is a decent funds generator for the library.

From my days there, from what I understood, it was less than two percent of the budget.

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Public libraries provide refuge for homeless
Sunday, December 19, 2010
BY DEAN NARCISO
The Columbus Dispatch

Library workers typically don't ask patrons whether they have someplace else to go. But when they're dragging luggage, bags of clothing or bedding through the doors and remain inside all day, the signals are easy to read.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/12/19/public-libraries-provide-refuge-for-homeless.html?sid=101

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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9 library branches return to offering Sunday hours
Sunday, January 9, 2011
BY COLLIN BINKLEY
The Columbus Dispatch

Anyone who walked up to a Columbus Metropolitan Library branch on a Sunday last year was greeted by a locked door.

Today, however, lights were on in nine branches, a welcome sight for parents looking for quiet refuge and children looking to finish last-minute homework assignments.

READ MORE: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/01/09/9-library-branches-return-to-offering-sunday-hours.html?sid=101

Posted 1 year ago #
joev
Merion Village
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With all their extra loot, it would be awesome for the Main Library to be open more than four freakin hours on Sundays. Especially when all of their emails brag about their improved service.

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