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The E-N-D for Libraries?

Published April 14, 2011 at 5:00 AM PDT

In today's tech-savvy world, you might see more people with their noses buried behind their laptops or Kindles than in books.  Do electronic books and apps spell the E-N-D for libraries?  And how do libraries stay afloat in this latest saga of budget cuts?  Head librarian Jeanne Goodrich gives us her outlook on the fate of the library system.

 

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Jeanne Goodrich, Exec Dir, LVCCLD

Links

  • NPR: Britain faces closing the book on libraries
  • NPR: The Future of Libraries in the E-Book Age
  • NPR: The Library Card As a Pop-Culture Fiend's Ticket to Geek Paradise

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