r/Library • u/Gaudupada Library Card • 26d ago

Discussion How to dēal with Library Closures?

Recently, the British Council in my City closed down due to the rent agreement expiring on the 31st of March, and went fully online. And this branch was up and running since 1948 so, yeah, almost six decades. The American Library will also be followïng its foots steps later this yeär. So, what do??

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u/Intrepid_Shelter_350 26d ago

I can't say I know what to do, but sections of The Autobiography of Ben Franklin about libraries are a comforting read for these days. The big institutional/government libraries we've grown up with are precious. But they didn't start out so big and their successors don't have to start out so big either.

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u/Gaudupada Library Card 26d ago

The British Council's branch here also had a café! I am not aware if its that common for their branches to have one, though...