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The popularity of libraries has not diminished. Numbers show more people are going to libraries than ever before. Here’s why.
It’s a common assumption that library use is plummeting – but that depends on which libraries you look at.
Australia has one of the world’s best reference libraries, available freely to anyone with an internet connection. Severe funding cuts will cripple Trove’s capacity – and that should worry everyone.
Libraries are warm, dry and safe spaces with free Internet, which many people need. But academics and researchers in the 21st century can get along very well without them.
African libraries have more of an opportunity than ever before to bring the continent’s knowledge to the world. They just need to adapt their traditional roles and functions.
Traditionally, libraries provided a quiet space to read. Today’s libraries are taking on new roles and helping young people gain 21st-century skills.
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