We are Not a Tax-Funded Library
"To ask why we need libraries at all, when there is so much information available elsewhere, is about as sensible as asking if roadmaps are necessary now that there are so very many roads."
Jon Bing
Jon Bing
Answer: Lincoln, Ozark, and Taney Counties
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What Good is a Library?
Why Does Tax Funding Matter?
What You Can Do To Help
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In addition to its original purpose of providing information to the public, public libraries are now expected to provide early literacy and school readiness programs, free computer and Wi-Fi access, and digital literacy programs. In fact, many patrons come to the library specifically because another government agency requires them to fill out online forms and they are told that the library will help them do that.
Communities invest in libraries and save money by supporting publicly owned services that can be shared. A public library is one of the best investments that a community can make.
- http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2021/06/why-do-we-think-library-services-are-free/
Communities invest in libraries and save money by supporting publicly owned services that can be shared. A public library is one of the best investments that a community can make.
- http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2021/06/why-do-we-think-library-services-are-free/
At the very least, not having tax funding means that we are not a public library. Most grants that a library can apply for are exclusive to public libraries.