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Outsourcing Libraries

Will your friendly, local librarian be outsourced also?

We can prove the value of libraries with economic statistics. But if we could not, would they be any less important?

The University of Texas heralds a library without books. But is that a sign of progress?

Submitted by David Bollier on August 24, 2004 - 11:43am

The Washington advocacy arm of the ALA tackles a wide array of copyright, Internet, open access and other issues relating to creativity and knowledge

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