Libraries Should Be No More

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The historical purpose of libraries has really changed over the last millennium or two or should we say three. Libraries have evolved from being upper class educational learning and sharing centers, where only the educated, formal and informal, and wealthy were allowed in, all to the way to the present day system of being easy and low cost information and entertainment access centers for anyone who would want to benefit from these new library services. The formal education centers of the past certainly have changed. Today in the U.S.A. most libraries are not even closely related to being the needed education centers they are often considered to be. Hence, it is important to rethink the purpose and use of such facilities and in turn to give back to the taxpayers, who cover the related costs, the rights to make all related decisions as to what needs to be done. And once the taxpayers are made aware of what is going on they certainly will choose this approach.