Interesting comparison of two news posts I saw today:

1. Should our public libraries be outsourced? Guess what, it's already happening http://www.zdnet.com/blog/government/should-our-public-libraries-be-outsourced-guess-what-its-already-happening/9455

2. Information Age unexpectedly creating more need for libraries http://www.hometown-pages.com/main.asp?SectionID=26&SubSectionID=186&ArticleID=33584