Devastating Cuts Prompt a 'Rethinking' of Libraries

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The painful process is part of the move to a modern economic age, said Gene Barr, vice president of government and public affairs with the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry. According to Hansen, community libraries must be viewed as an essential resource, since they deliver the commodity of information in the information age.

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Devastating Cuts Prompt a 'Rethinking' of Libraries

Community libraries are finding themselves under the microscope of political scrutiny. The Keystone State's fiscal crisis is accelerating this deliberation as Harrisburg strains to establish modern spending priorities. Meanwhile, state funding to the community libraries has been cut by 9 per...

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