[LIS-Forum] Are public libraries on the decline?

You may like to read this short interview in Publishers Weekly more than a year and a half ago: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article... At least in the US, the answer is 'yes,' says Tim Coates, but it is not because people no longer want to read—they want that just as much as they ever did, particularly in print. Arun http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-4658 http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-9925-2009 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.