Vocation in the Valley

Public Libraries Bother Me

Don’t get me wrong, I support the notion of a repository for knowledge and access to information that might not otherwise be available to people. But for several years now, the onlymention of libraries I hear/read are in the context of the great DVDs, videos, and CDs that you can get there for free. I could understand a collection of PBS and National Geographic titles, but commercial titles in the library offend me. Why? Because I don’t feel it is my responsibility to see that others get their entertainment for free. Those are tax dollars that being spent on those DVDs. Tax dollars that could be going to fix roads or name your pet cause.

My hope is that libraries will disappear or just become a place with a bunch of internet PCs. Libraries were meant to be a repository for knowledge accessible by the public. As knowledge moves to the internet, the library and those building that have great DVDs and CDs for free are becoming obsolete.

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One Response to “Public Libraries Bother Me”

1. EduPlayware Says:

   December 29th, 2005 at 9:22 am

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