Saturday, October 2, 2010

Ben Franklin Is Rolling Over

According to the New York Times, Library Systems & Services has taken over ailing municipal systems in California, Oregon, Tennessee and Texas, and has thereby grown to be the fifth largest public library system in the nation.

I'm not opposed to privately held companies--I work for one, after all--but the loss of citizen input and influence on the major source of free information is distressing.

You can read the article here.--David E

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