Libraries, despite digital disruption, remain community assets
People have been writing obituaries for libraries for decades. The May 2005 edition of MIT’s Technology Review ran a series of articles under the title “Death of Libraries: Myth and Facts.” Writing in the Guardian newspaper in December 2016, columnist Simon Jenkins compared libraries to churches and local railways: “People like having them around, and are angry if they close. But as for using them, well, there is so little time these days.” Libraries are adapting to the digital age and becoming community centers
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