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Has the library outlived its usefulness in the age of Internet? You'd be surprised

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imageLibrary space is changing.Penn State, CC BY-NC

U.S. institutions of higher education and U.S. local governments are under extraordinary pressure to cut costs and eliminate from institutional or governmental ledgers any expenses whose absence would cause little or no pain.

In this political climate, academic and public libraries may be in danger. The...

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