Which Way, L.A.?
Do Libraries Really Matter?
The City of Los Angeles has constructed four new libraries and renovated 28 more with money passed by the voters in 1998. Now, instead of being open seven days a week, it's closing the Central Library, eight regional libraries and 64 community branches on Sundays and Mondays.
The City of Los Angeles has constructed four new libraries and renovated 28 more with money passed by the voters in 1998. Now, instead of being open seven days a week, it's closing the Central Library, eight regional libraries and 64 community branches on Sundays and Mondays. We hear from the President of the Librarians' Guild and our own Darrell Satzman, who visited libraries in Sherman Oaks and Woodland Hills to get the reaction to the two-day-a-week shutdown.
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