Our system is doing quite well with material check outs.
We have a large retired Northerner population in our service area. If we closed the libraries, they would riot.
Street folks? We have the biggest problem in the building where I work. And it’s not that bad, considering we are a smaller urban area in Georgia.
I’d been going to the library about 5 miles away my entire life. A couple of years ago, I was unceremoniously shown the door because we live on the wrong side of the county border. Right smack dab on the line but it didn’t matter. Not in the county so no books. The county line runs through the middle of town and less than a mile from the library. Crazy. The business district is on that side of the county line so everyone contributes to the county’s economy and taxes. But, noooo, now it’s either drive 40 miles to their county’s library or do without.
Well, after today’s latest argument with the one grocery store about the price of turkey’s, I’m finished with this one horse town. Last straw. The end. Adios. I’ll drive the 40 miles and take my money elsewhere.
Don’t people have access to the internet at home? It seems like somewhat wasteful to have physical libraries. This is especially true with taxpayers having to pay staff, retirements and so forth. Another plus in eliminating them would be fewer government “workers”.