{"id":5417,"date":"2012-01-25T10:09:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-25T15:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/?p=5417"},"modified":"2012-01-25T14:03:06","modified_gmt":"2012-01-25T19:03:06","slug":"so-hows-your-local-north-country-library-doing-and-do-you-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2012\/01\/25\/so-hows-your-local-north-country-library-doing-and-do-you-care\/","title":{"rendered":"So how’s your local North Country library doing\u2026and do you care?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Wells<\/a>

The Wells Memorial Library in Upper Jay was heavily damaged by Irene flooding. Fully refurbished with community support, it reopens Saturday with a reception from 1-3 pm. Photo: Jeri Wright<\/p><\/div>\n

I’m a huge library fan.\u00a0 They sit on my mental map as one of those too often unacknowledged pillars of everything good about American society.<\/p>\n

As I’ve written before, I’ve lived in countries that don’t have the tradition of public or “free” libraries.\u00a0 Books and ideas were kept at one more big remove from average people.<\/p>\n

NCPR’s Sarah Harris has a very nice exploration this morning<\/a> of how North Country libraries are faring in these complicated times, as budgets shrink and technologies shift.<\/p>\n

Even in an age of Kindles and Ipads, libraries feel essential to me.\u00a0 But maybe I’m old-fashioned?\u00a0 Maybe my book-wired brain is trapped in the 1970s or the 1870s?<\/p>\n

What’s your experience of libraries these days?\u00a0 Do you use yours?\u00a0 Do you support it?\u00a0 Do you see the need for them?\u00a0 How do you think yours is faring?\u00a0 (Librarians — chime in:\u00a0 How do things look from behind the card catalogue?)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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