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Monday, September 06, 2010

In an over-crowded, muzak-infested world, reading rooms are an oasis - Germain Greer

In an over-crowded, muzak-infested world, reading rooms are an oasis - Germain Greer"Reports that library services will be cut have been met with orchestrated outcry. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport softened us up for the bad news by revealing that the "proportion of adults visiting a library" had decreased from 48.2% to 39.4% in the four years to 2010. What they didn't say was how many non-adult people had begun to use libraries and what kind of effect that might have been having on adults in search of a quiet read...." - Guardian UK

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