Richard Carroll on Nostr: We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries — what they provide, what ...
We asked dozens of librarians about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive.
Here’s what they told us.
Many answers are about as gay and self-important as you’d expect. I need to write an article about libraries and librarianship to get a sane viewpoint about them out there.
(The NYT want you to sign in to read this article, but reader view bypasses the prompt).
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/10/01/books/state-of-libraries-librarians.htmlPublished at
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