tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post4899286851826488..comments2023-08-16T02:59:07.053-07:00Comments on Writer's Daily Grind: Of writers and librariesAnne Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-33929171418696251192009-04-24T16:43:00.000-07:002009-04-24T16:43:00.000-07:00Anita:
Libraries serve lots of different purposes...Anita:<br /><br />Libraries serve lots of different purposes nowadays; the ones in Seattle are often community meeting places,as well as book repositories. For this reason, when times are bad,the impact can be very great,and falls on an awful lot of people.<br />AnneGAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-59911018895365702542009-04-24T00:58:00.000-07:002009-04-24T00:58:00.000-07:00I mourne the decline of our libraries too. The big...I mourne the decline of our libraries too. The big,important ones are still there, like the Bodleian in Oxford and the British Library, it's the small, provincial ones which have downsized and dumbed-down, supposedly not to 'intimidate' readers [odd logic] and as a result they are becoming more like internet cafes. I was brought up on lbrary books to and it was a weekly ritual to go and choose new ones.Anita Davisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068890701803582595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-61337976677664996072009-04-20T19:06:00.000-07:002009-04-20T19:06:00.000-07:00Marg, you are indeed lucky. We were, for a while,...Marg, you are indeed lucky. We were, for a while, too. A little over 10 years ago, thanks to passing a bond,there was plenty of money to build new branches and revamp old ones. All these new and renovated branches duly reopened, and a brand-new central library was built, which,I must add,attracts thousands of patrons.And has a beautiful view of a very pretty part of Seattle. Unfortunately, since then, the national economy has been more or less flushed down the toilet, and as a result, there isn't a whole heck of a lot of money for the city to spend. Since you have to keep up things like police and firefighters, for the common good, that doesn't leave much for libraries and the like. And I just heard, as of today, that things are likely to stay this way, at least through 2010. Sigh.<br />Anne GAnne Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03045500116098233731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7478664906099707316.post-72433183914134940402009-04-20T02:15:00.000-07:002009-04-20T02:15:00.000-07:00I love my library. We are lucky that at the moment...I love my library. We are lucky that at the moment they are in the middle of opening a new branch, so there is a lot of funding for new books etc. I would hate to think of it having to close for a week just for budget reasons.Marghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13508430635744720721noreply@blogger.com