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Ivanka Trump and Library Funding.

Librarians To Ivanka Trump: If You Support Libraries, Why Is Your Dad Trying To Defund Them? – Consumerist

Support libraries by writing your Senator or Representative to fund them.

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Libraries are the past...another casualty from technology...too expensive for the 6 people a day that use them.

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Library use statistics.

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There were 1.5 billion in-person visits to public libraries across the United States, similar to FY 2011 levels. This was a 10-year increase of 20.7 percent.
The public invested over $11.5 billion in revenue to public libraries. This was similar to FY 2011 levels, after adjusting for inflation. Revenue has declined after a peak in FY 2009, but is up 7.2 percent over 10 years.
More than 92.6 million people attended the 4.0 million programs at public libraries. Attendance showed a 1-year increase of 5.2 percent and a 10-year increase of 54.4 percent.
Over 2.2 billion materials were circulated in public libraries, similar to FY 2011, and a 10-year increase of 28.0 percent.
There were 271,146 public access computers in public libraries, representing a 1-year increase of 3.7 percent.
There were 340.5 million use sessions of public access computers. Although this has declined in recent years, this was similar to FY 2011 levels. This finding is discussed in light of the increase of personal digital devices, such as smartphones.