Have Public Libraries Become Obsolete? Can they be Saved? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Have Public Libraries Become Obsolete? Can they be Saved? | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Have public libraries become obsolete? Almost a fifth of UK libraries have closed over the past decade.
In the last two decades, America's library visits have seen a 31% slump. In the last five years, 60 libraries have closed in South Africa.
This is a trend across the world.
That's because public libraries are underfunded.
Many face catastrophic budget cuts.
They are no longer sacred to knowledge thanks to digitisation.
Nostalgia is not enough to save libraries. So how can they be rescued? Palki Sharma tells you.

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