UK; The Guardian UK Online, August 24th 2010.
"The subject is our public libraries – which, to read the accompanying coverage, are in danger of falling into dusty decline. Apparently, only 12.8% of us made a monthly habit of visiting our local library last year, and just 40% of us went there at least once. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) reckons that the number of weekly visitors to libraries has fallen by 32% in five years."
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Time to Go Into Battle to Save Our World of Books