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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4525796, member: 19463"]Libraries are not just about books anymore. They are all into information services. They have computers for use by people who do not have them. They have WiFi for people who do but want a place to study away from their homes. They provide training on how to use things. Ours has run a class on locksmithing and making costume chain mail shirts among other things. They have Makerspaces with 3D printers, sewing machines, power and hand tools etc. They have online books to check out to your e-reader. Most are over the period when they had a lot of movies on tape or disc but some still have entertainment to borrow. Remember that most libraries are free to users of their town or school so they don't have to make a profit. They just have to adapt to the new way. Our local public library is checking out books. You go online and reserve what you want. They tell you when to come and they place your book on a table outdoors. No book is due until they reopen after the Covid break so they are running out of popular titles. I wonder how many books will be returned even then but the lifespan of a circulating book is not that great anyway so I doubt they care all that much. Libraries are not just about books anymore. They are all about what their people need to learn in this day and age.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 4525796, member: 19463"]Libraries are not just about books anymore. They are all into information services. They have computers for use by people who do not have them. They have WiFi for people who do but want a place to study away from their homes. They provide training on how to use things. Ours has run a class on locksmithing and making costume chain mail shirts among other things. They have Makerspaces with 3D printers, sewing machines, power and hand tools etc. They have online books to check out to your e-reader. Most are over the period when they had a lot of movies on tape or disc but some still have entertainment to borrow. Remember that most libraries are free to users of their town or school so they don't have to make a profit. They just have to adapt to the new way. Our local public library is checking out books. You go online and reserve what you want. They tell you when to come and they place your book on a table outdoors. No book is due until they reopen after the Covid break so they are running out of popular titles. I wonder how many books will be returned even then but the lifespan of a circulating book is not that great anyway so I doubt they care all that much. Libraries are not just about books anymore. They are all about what their people need to learn in this day and age.[/QUOTE]
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