first carnegie library withering away

News | 12/24/07 U.S.’s first Carnegie Library in jeopardy :
Despite efforts by a wide range of supporters — including two Coweta County organizations — the future of the nation’s first Carnegie library looks bleak.

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this is just a sad statement on the provision of public services through libraries. ‘we want better, but we will forgo what we have’. Downsizing the library is a bad move, it should instead be endowed by local businesses.