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12 Apr
2023
12 Apr
'23
2:40 p.m.
https://theweek.com/talking-point/1022362/the-debate-over-digital-book-lendi... Libraries are more than the customer service departments for corporate database products," founder Brewster Kahle said in the statement. "For democracy to thrive at global scale, libraries must be able to sustain their historic role in society — owning, preserving, and lending books." -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.