Pittsburgh PA

Public Libraries. Libraries are taken for granted as part of a community landscape yet the value they provide to ALL members, without bias--especially economic, is unparalleled. Libraries are usually the only remaining FREE provider of materials and services and yet continually face funding distress at all levels (federal,state, local).

An understanding of the services that libraries provide is badly needed--from employment help, computer access to entertainment for those who cannot afford other alternatives. Libraries need to be viewed as the educational institutions they are--but accessible to all--as well as the keepers of our history. Sustainable funding needs to be found.

Beth

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I have worked in public libraries for a total of 15 years--as a children's librarian, in circulation, as a Communications Director and currently as the Manager of Customer Services for Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.