We're lucky to have a great library system here. It's county-wide and the county has about a million residents, so there are a lot of branches, all good sized. There are 3 within 10 minutes of my house. As a teacher, I'm there weekly taking out books for my class. My kids are big library users, too. Our library system also offers a lot of story hours, Lego clubs, book themed activities for older kids and teens, and book clubs and lectures for adults.
In addition to people reading less, I think libraries are suffering from the rise of ebooks. I know I'm guilty--almost 100% of my reading is ebooks and audio books. The library has some of each through Overdrive, but there's a lot they only have in print, and there are often waiting lists on Overdrive.
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Last edited by rach3975; 02-07-2018 at 02:50 PM.
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