Based in the community, but not community-based
How local is local? Interesting post from a great blog I recently stumbled on from Kevin Harris called neighbhorhoods, noting that libraries are “based in the community but not community-based.’
How local is local? Interesting post from a great blog I recently stumbled on from Kevin Harris called neighbhorhoods, noting that libraries are “based in the community but not community-based.’
Seems to me that’s a difference between the UK and US (or parts of the US). At least in many states, public libraries are indeed community-based, with most funding coming from the community.