We still need libraries in the digital age

Interest article from the Guardian website yesterday - click here

(and timely since folly has just advertised our second call for Radar artists in residence)

Some quotes from the article:

"Public libraries provide a key role in both facilitating access to information via the internet, as well as providing free internet access to bridge the digital divide... Taking away this important role would disenfranchise people further"

"Libraries are not declining in importance – people are simply changing the way they use them... Libraries are a bridge between the information-rich and the information-poor. They need reinforcing, not dismantling...The service ought to continue to innovate to take advantage of the way in which people are interacting with the service in a different way. It needs to continue to bridge the gap between those who have access to the internet and those who do not... If the service is cut, we run the risk of an ill-informed society that is ill-equipped to prosper in the "information age" – a dangerous prospect for any democracy."