Philadelphia’s Libraries Saved
This is the best news I’ve heard all day.
Just minutes ago, the Pennsylvania State senate passed bill 1828 by a vote of 32 to 17. For all of you who have been following the saga over the city’s budget crisis, this is indeed the legislation that was needed for the City of Philadelphia to avoid the “Doomsday” Plan C budget scenario, which would have resulted in the layoff of 3,000 city employees and forced the closing of all libraries.
We are enormously grateful to everyone who advocated on our behalf. More than 2,000 letters to state legislators were collected from our libraries, and countless others made calls and sent emails underscoring how important public libraries are to the economic, educational and social life of our city. We also thank our incredible library staff, who despite the threat of imminent layoffs continued to provide excellent service to the thousands of people who use one of the 54 libraries in our system.
As some of you may know, Philadelphia is where the public library system was born.
5 Responses to “Philadelphia’s Libraries Saved”
To me libraries are representative of opportunity and enlightenment. Of course they are public institutions, so there must be some evil associated with them – that I just haven't woken up to yet.
They are that, and in this economy they are more essential than ever. There are a LOT of people looking for jobs or looking to improve their skills, and also lots of people w/o computers at home, or w/o an Internet connection. Students do homework at the library, they use computers, the library is a place for them to go after school. I am lucky enough to have the main library in my town two blocks away from where I live. I'm there all the time, so I know how libraries are used and how important they are.
The best thing about public libraries is a due date. I read more when I know that the book must be back by a certain day, so the next patron can read it!
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