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Omaha Steve's Labor Group

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2. Libraries allow serendipity

Reply to thatcrowwoman (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 27, 2023, 10:00 AM

Nov 2023

The Internet and digital 'libraries' are illusions of what an actual physical library. In an actual library you can often find things you weren't initially looking for. Maybe we need a federal subsidy for schools to have a dedicated librarian and a functioning physical library. Digital should be maybe inter-library loan. Cutting the library really seems penny wise pound foolish.

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Thank you, Omaha Steve, for this Labor Group and all the good information you share. thatcrowwoman Nov 2023 #1

Libraries allow serendipity IbogaProject Nov 2023 #2