All across the United States, large and small cities are closing public libraries or curtailing their hours of operations. Detroit, I read a few days ago, may close all of its branches and Denver half of its own: decisions that will undoubtedly put hundreds of its employees out of work. When you count the families all over this country who don’t have computers or can’t afford Internet connections and rely on the ones in libraries to look for jobs, the consequences will be even more dire.

A Country Without Libraries by Charles Simic (via infoneer-pulse)

This is a tragedy and a travesty. The rate at which America continues to devalue literacy and education as a whole is staggering.

(via infoneer-pulse)

Source: nybooks.com

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    This is terrible. Libraries are just that important especially today…
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    Everyone read this okay go.
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    rate at which America continues to devalue literacy and education as a whole is staggering.
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    AMERICANS ARE A MISERABLE BUNCH OF LOSERS