Marketplace Report: ” It Checks Out — Libraries are an “Investment That’s Well Worth It”
From Marketplace:
The rapid development of the digital economy led some to believe public libraries could go the way of the dinosaur. After all, why go to all the trouble to trek to your local library when you can simply find what you need with the click of a mouse?
Yet in the digital age the evidence is compelling that libraries remain vital community institutions, especially as public trust in institutions remains low and people’s connections with each other grow weaker and further apart.
- Senior economics contributor Chris Farrell spoke with “Marketplace Morning Report” host David Brancaccio on how public libraries are still enriching the communities and neighborhoods they serve.
Filed under: Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Public Libraries
About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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