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New ‘Libraries in Crisis’ Series

The Huffington Post recently introduced a new series called Libraries in Crisis. This ongoing series focuses on the importance of public libraries and the critical funding issues many libraries face around the country.

"Like our public parks and museums, public libraries are free, non-commercial gathering places for everyone, regardless of income," noted Andrew Losowsky, books editor for the Huffington Post and author of the introduction to the series. "If information is power, then libraries are the essence of democracy and freedom. In these times of economic difficulty, more people are using them than ever, to do more than merely check out books. Yet our nation's public libraries appear to be under threat by a litany of cuts, forced upon them by state and local committees, cuts that often began before the recent economic downturn."

Take a look at the first article.

November 22, 2011 article. series, Huffington Post, libraries, news