Comments on: Libraries feeling pinch of slumping economy http://www.librarystuff.net/2008/11/30/libraries-feeling-pinch-of-slumping-economy/ The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development Sat, 13 Mar 2010 04:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Prabhjit Singh http://www.librarystuff.net/2008/11/30/libraries-feeling-pinch-of-slumping-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-26347 Prabhjit Singh Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:21:59 +0000 http://www.librarystuff.net/2008/11/30/libraries-feeling-pinch-of-slumping-economy/#comment-26347 I feel strongly that in a bad economy we should always have libraries. As we continue to see an increase in our unemployement rate from 6.5% and it continues to rise - those individuals need to find a place to get educated! For most of those individuals that place is the library. If they go to the library and read their brains out - that would be a positive thing! As well, they can usually get free internet usage so they can apply for a job. For most individuals, being at home reduces their productivity and they tend to not get gainfully employed due to it. Having a place such as the library to go to everyday allows them to get active again and try harder to get a job! I strongly believe if their is a budget shortfall they need to find how to fund libraries because they are the one way to get people employed once again! <a href="http://www.rempower.com/blog" rel="nofollow">Prabhjit Singh</a> I feel strongly that in a bad economy we should always have libraries. As we continue to see an increase in our unemployement rate from 6.5% and it continues to rise – those individuals need to find a place to get educated! For most of those individuals that place is the library. If they go to the library and read their brains out – that would be a positive thing!

As well, they can usually get free internet usage so they can apply for a job. For most individuals, being at home reduces their productivity and they tend to not get gainfully employed due to it. Having a place such as the library to go to everyday allows them to get active again and try harder to get a job!

I strongly believe if their is a budget shortfall they need to find how to fund libraries because they are the one way to get people employed once again!

Prabhjit Singh

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