Another article on Nevada County's (California) mulling over privatizing their library:

Privatizing libraries just the tip of the iceberg?

http://www.theunion.com/article/20091014/NEWS/910139973/1001/NONE&parentprofile=1053

Links to other stories about privatizing libraries are located in this blog post:

http://libeducation.blogspot.com/2009/10/as-operating-budgets-dry-up-more-places.html