Massachusetts libraries offer new services
Monday’s Boston Globe had an article called “Libraries move with times, discover niches” about how public libraries in Massachusetts are offering new services to meet patrons’ demands.
“At the Boston Public Library each month, teenagers get down to the vigorous techno thumps of the popular arcade game Dance Dance Revolution. The Norwell Public Library treats visitors to a monthly free dinner and a movie.”
Borrowers in Andover take out portable, digital audio books so tiny that they can jog through the park or shop at the mall while listening to Dan Brown’s bestseller “The Da Vinci Code.” And in Palmer, young patrons jostle for their turn to play Guitar Hero II, a video game that has replaced the more traditional karaoke nights in some bars.”
“Library officials do not have to look far to see what happens when towns decide their services have become irrelevant. Last summer, libraries in Saugus and Bridgewater, which had relied on books, were on the verge of being shut down and were forced to
reduce their hours.”
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