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Monday 13th February

We Still Need Libraries In The Digital Age

Posted at 3:56PM Tuesday 13 Jul 2010

With the government axing public services, librarians are being forced to defend their existence against accusations of irrelevance in modern society. As one adviser on Newsnight put it during the BBC's recent "mini-consultation" on the proposed cuts, why do we need libraries when everyone has broadband and can access information without recourse to a librarian?

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