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Friday, June 25, 2010

Neil Gaiman Says Closing Libraries Would be 'A Terrible Mistake'

"Neil Gaiman Says Closing Libraries Would be 'A Terrible Mistake'." The Telegraph / Stephen Adams.
London: The Telegraph Online, June 24th 2010.
"Accepting the award in London yesterday, Gaiman said: "Libraries are our future – to close them would be a terrible, terrible mistake – it would be stealing from the future to pay for today which is what got us into the mess we’re in now.  In this austerity world it's incredibly easy if you are a local authority and you are looking for cuts, to say 'Let's cut libraries'. But that's borrowing from the future."