Libraries are essential, Duluth library backers say (USA)

Duluth public library organizations are borrowing a word heard often during the Minnesota government shutdown as part of their latest campaign: essential. Members of the Duluth Library Board, the Friends of the Duluth Public Library and the Duluth Library Foundation want you to know that the word "essential" applies to libraries. To that end, they've kicked off a campaign this week to promote the importance of the library to the Duluth community and to seek increased funding so the three libraries can go back to offering full hours