2017.10.27
(the second link still works but the original was like)
Andre Walker @andrejpwalker:
Nobody goes to libraries anymore. Close the public ones and put the books in schools.
TheAngriestLibrarian @HalpernAlex:
Hang tight folks, because I am about to drop some necessary knowledge on you. First off, library usage is on the RISE motherfuckers.
As conservatives have taken over state and local governments, and the NO MORE TAXES crowd has gotten their way, public space has decreased.
That means is that there are a lot fewer free, public gathering places in America anymore. What's one? The motherfucking public library.
If you, like this jackalope, think libraries are just warehouses for books, you are sorely and embarrassingly mistaken. Sorely.
In addition to meeting a community's need for educational and recreational materials, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUNG FAMILIES...
public libraries are evolving to meet the demands of the 21st Century, unlike the neanderthal who sparked this thread.
Books? Books make up a RAPIDLY decreasing percentage of a library's budget. You want to check out technology? get a library card.
You need internet access because you are one of the WAY TOO MANY underserved and marginalized persons in America? Go to the library.
You need a safe place to learn about yourself, LGBT teen? Come to the library. You need to learn English to get a job? Come to the library.
You need to close libraries because you have no idea what the fuck they do? Stay the fuck home and shut your mouth.
Just kidding, everyone is welcome at the library, even the backwards thinking simpletons who want to cut our budgets.
I could go on and on about what libraries do in the 21st century, but I'm too fucking steamed, so if you want to know, ask.