There remains a massive crisis in local library provision, largely hidden from the middle-classes with their kindles, high-speed broadband & delivery of books to home....
But for many, libraries are both an intellectual life-line & an engine of self improvement & stability (or even shelter).
Its yet another aspect of JK Galbraith's tendency in capitalism towards private affluence & public squalor....
Save our libraries from (even) more austerity
