Just back from a trip out to St. Louis - had a great time. With some time off - email builds up and playing catchup can be a bit daunting.
One email had some links talking about libraries and closing them would help solve the budget crisis in Illinois - there are very, very scary folks out there. The clip of Fox news out of Chicago makes one really very scared about the politics and the "scientific" method the media used to evaluate one great library!
As I pointed out to our council members back during our budget crisis, while we spend to keep the library open for books, electronic editions of items, etc, it is a place where the people can join together in a community to continue education.
Our library, the Lucy Robbins Welles Library, costs approximately $1.6million dollars a year, and with over 425k in circulation of books and materials, that investment put over $8.5million of information and education back into our town.
Great ROI - Return on Information :)
To Library patrons, to citizens, make sure your elected officials know the benefits that come back into your community!
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